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ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

Martha Chapter. No. 4, at it's last
meeting elected officers as follows:
Mary p. Allen, matron; Frank Hursh,
patron; Ellen Reynolds. associate
matron: Marian McCathran. secretary;
Charlotte Paine, treasurer: Jean Brown,
conductress; Lillian Barker. associate
conductress; Eva Henderson, chaplain;
Marguerite Connor. Ada: Geneva Du-
tina; Louise Webster, Electa; WIZ
heimina Hall, warden: Convis Parker,
James Hutchinson, trustee for
three years; Viola De Shields, repre-
sentative on the board of directors of
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. A
dinner was served.
ST. Johns Lodge. Chapter No. IS,
year tomorrow night. All members of
the order are invited.
The following officers We're elected If,
Columbia Chapter at its last meeting:
A. Fischer, matron; J. Evans, patron;
Mrs. Shade, associate matron; Mrs. Ep-
pelsheimer, secretary; F. de Lesdenier
treasurer; j. Post, conductress; L.
Fisher. associate conductress; Ida
rectors of the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home; B. Entriken, board Of trustees
The installation will be on December
%, a changed meeting from Decem-
Der "a. =
Acme Chapter, No. 10, will have
charge Of the religious service at
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
at 8 o'clock this afterpoon. Rev.
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Keane Council will celebrate. its
twenty fifth anniversary and Christ
mas tree party In the X. of c.. club
house THURSDAY evening, December
Mckeon and his commidtee are max
ing elaborate preparations for this
event. William A. Mulligan. In charge
of the entertainment, has. secured. the
following talent: Thomas A. Cantwell.
the well known tenor Of ,keane Coun-
Gil; John Baldwin and company, Felix
Murphy, George powdeR, Leo MoXley
and Gates Rapp. Edna Mulligaa anu
Vera Bovello in dance number and
Ratclffe and Harper in a musical act.
and Miss Eileen Lafiey.. Santa Claus
also will be present. The Washing
tonians will furnish the music for
the dancing.
ing, December 81 with dancing at 9
o'clock and grand march at 1880.
Music by the Washtngtonians.' This
Will be "a real big Casey 6Hent.
Herbert T. Parker Of Washington
Council has been elected general
chairman Of the committee on ar
rangemsnts for the concert. card pay
ty and dance to be given. ny. the
knights Of Columbus Band on March
II al che Washington Hotel; francls
a. Mccain, past grand knight of Car
roll Council. was elected general sec
retary and Thomas Cullen. treasurer.
Meetings Of the general committee
will be held each Monday evening at
s O'Clock. Tomorrow evening AZ
meeting in, the knights of Columbus
Hall committees will be announced
Tuesday evcuing Carroll Coi.nt II
VIII hold a Christmas three party for
it's members. An entertainIhent Of
rare talent Is promised.
/. Preuarations are being made for
the celebration of the twenty nth
anniversary of this council January
10. Frank Davis is in charge of ar
rangements.
SATURDAY evening dances are being
given at the knights Of Columbus
Hail under the direction of the hTe
lecturers. Joseph J. Degnan IS mas
ter Of cereIndnies.
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DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.

:Progressive Council. No. .. con
ferred the degrees Of loyalty. love
and patriotism on Mrs. Lena Bressler
al recent meeting. with Mrs. Anna
Nauck as councillor and Harry
Andrick as drillmaster. Music for
the dance was furnished by william
Wright, Oscar Aauck and Bruce
Hoofnagle. Miss Mary Doerner was
elected and installed as treasurer.
The annual visitation will be held
December II.
Liberty Council. No. 6. met wednes-
day. Degrees We're conferred and the
ANNUAL election of officers held. Re
concluded the. evening.
Mispah Council. No. 3, will have. a
baS social Tuesday evening III
public is invited.
Anacostia Council, No. Il, at its
last meeting conferred the degrees
on John II. Thomas, with Mrs. Inez
Thomas as councillor and Roy Thomas
as drillmaster. Remarks were made
by State Councillor Mary, F. James.
DEPUTY Fanny Joyher. State Outside
Sentinel Pearl Wolfe. .Eohn Simpson
of Golden Rule. No. 10. and Harry
Thompson. George Joyner, Roy'Woif".
Emma Dunan and Alice Lithgow Of
Triumph. no. S. {"
Triumph Council No. S, held its
monthly social. with Jennie Buell. in
charge. Deputy Anzonetta Flynn.
jr.; Past State. Councillor Margaret
Hartman, Ethel Miles of Mayfiower
No. II. and Mr.. Hillengass of Golden
Rule, No. 10, made speeches.
Unity Council. No. Il. has the
youngest councillor in this juridiction
In Miss Georgianna Anderson. who. is
serving her second term. and is only
seventeen Years old.
American Flag Council No ;. re
ceived State Councillor Mary p. James
and her staff at the annual yisfta-
tion December 10 The state couu-
cilor complimented the council and
officers. Mr.. Butz Of Esther. No. 20.
spoke on. the principles and objects
of the order. Refreshments were
served. The state councillor. Mary
p. James. and associate state coun-
cilor. Alice Brown. were presented
with a casserole by Mrs. Van Scivor
Deputy Margaret Hartman was pro-
sented with a console set by Mrs
Mabel Hall. The councillor. Mrs Ida
Smith. presented Past National Coun-
cilor Elizabeth Sewell and Junior Past
State Councillor Margaret Hartman
with beaded bags as personal grit
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DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA.

AT the meeting of Circle No. .l7S
Monday evering reports were heard
from. the following committee chair-
men: Mrs. George A. Howe, ways and
means: Mrs. William Jewell. rum
MAGE Miss Mary Wolfe. social. and
Mrs. r. b. Swiggard. sick. The last
named committee held a card party
at the residence of it's chairman No
vember IS. Report was also received
from the committee which assisted at
the day nursery luncheon. December
4. and 6.
The following officers were elected
10 serve during the coming year:
Past regent. Mys. A. c. Bicksler: re-
gent. Miss Elizabeth Dolan: vice re-
gent. MES. James r. Hartnett:' mon
itor. Miss Catherine Ratchffe: custo-
dian, Mrs. Raymond VI. Ward: chan
celior. Miss Jennie Coleman; ;sfinancial
secretary. Mrs. William A. Stewart;
recording secretary. Miss Alice NJ
Burke: treasurer. Mrs. r. Ii Graves:
inner guard, Miss Ethel Perry. outer
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.MASONIC.

LODGES.
M0nfaERpq'SmsS, "a R. FrsnsG, no. So i Il. F:c. Z
AnacostiA No, n. F..C.
Pentalpha. No. ~. +. c.. and in
stallation by Past Grand Master
". W. Jermane.
Mount Pi, pleasant, 30. $s. +. C.
East Gate. No. a. installation of
officers Especially.
Tuesday-washington Centennial. No.
Il. NJ. NJ. special st g pm.
King David. No. IS. F. c.
Wednesday Lodge, annual re-
ports. grand masters address.
Thursdny-Navsl, No. 4. F. {.
Hiram, No. 10. f.. G.
Friday nspph II. VI .Hns. No. IS, in
stallation OF officers.
Saturday Of instruction.
Masters Association.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
TuesdayII.a rayettc, No. ., Royal
Wednesday, Columbia. No. /. Mark.
Brightwood. No, ., Z. NJ. and NJ.
' +. NJ.
KNIGHTS TEAIPLAR CoMMANDERIES.
Monday No. !. Red Cross.
Tuesday Rrightwood. No. 6. Order of
the Temple.
fIlday.4Colambia, No. .. Order of tile
Temple.
Saturday RriGhtwood. No. 6. kid.
DIES night"
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS.
fonday-Washinsto Come |. No. I,
elect on and degrees
Thursday -Adoniram Council, No. .
election.
ANCIENT. ANn. ACcEpTEn 's..nT
TISH RITE.
Tuesday Mithras Lodge Of Perfection.
ninth and tenth degrees
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BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN
YEOMEN.

The regular business meeting of
Capitol Homestead. No. 64o? was held
Thursday night. with a large attend
snee and ten new applicants present
for adoption. Committees Were ap-
pointed to prepare for the open meet
ing. to be held January "a. .at which
several prominent members will eHtoi
the benefits of. the society and the
progress being made in the erection
OF the Children's Home. The next
regular meeting will be held Deem
Der 27. at which time the committees
appointed will report
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DAUGHTERS. OF AMERICA.

Initiation was the special feature
at the .last meeting. Of Fidelity Coun-
Gil, No. 4. Misses F3oSsie Monroe. Kate
Jasper and Mrs. Ethel Ellington were
ipitihted. MIR. and Mrs. Flynn werd
the guests of honor The chairman
of the good of the order mas planned
an Interesting program for. the next
meeting, Tuesday.
Mount Vernon. Council. No..1S, met
Monday night in its hall, Sd street
md Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Election Of officers was held for the
ensuing Term, which was followed
by banquet under the auspices of
the ladies of the good OF the order
conmittee. Mrs. Dorothy Taylor. chair
man. was in charge Of the affair.
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CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS o.
AMERICA.

The Christmas partv Of Court 2l2
will he held Tuesday evening at the
chairman of the committee in charge
assisted by Mrs. Mary Kirby. Mrs.
Anita. Simms. Mrs. Margaret Willis.
Mrs Efie Bayne, MIS-. Sadie Trap.
Mrs. Agnes Downey, Miss Cecilia
Gallagher. Miss Lulu Fitzpatrick and
Miss Elsie Cutter. Miss Mary c. Bo-
land, grand regent. and Miss Marie
Easily mith, national advocate. rep
resented Court 2l2tat the board meet
ing Of the Gibbons Institute last
week At the meeting of the various
charity committees Thursday Miss Bo-
land represented the. G. y. Of A.
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DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA.

\ special meeting Of the Daughters
of Isabella of Clarendon, Va, No. 24T.
was called last Tuesday evening and
the question. of charity work. which
this circle is contemplating. was dis.
cusSed. Since its Organization the
circle has successfully accomplished
much charitable work locally and the
present plan is to make Christmas
very happy one for the Orphans of
the diocese.
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guard, Miss Rena Purcell: banner
bearer. Mrs. Clarence Il. Tavenner.
organist, Miss. Georgia Wilson; scribe
Miss Gertrude. AlcNaIly; guides, Mise.
Virginia Offutt' and Ursula F'lSgel.
and trustee. Mrs. George a. Howe.
The installation Of tire new officers
will take place during January. ar
rangements for the ceremonial being
in charge of Mrs. A. c. Bicksler,
S:-s- reg--lt
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MODERN WOODMEN OF u,
AMERICA.

j. -ColunbIa Camp, M. 1923 will en-
tertain the fraternal relations COM
mittees from the Woodman camps In
the District and nearby Maryland
next Thursday at Camp Hall. Pythian'
Temple. pm, All members OF the
Modern WoodmeD of America are in
yited.
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Washington Lodge. No. 6. will have
the third degree Tuesday evening
Amity Lodge. No. q, under the guild
ance of Assistant Degree director
Jehn H. Windsor. will also have the
third degree. At the conclusion an
illustrated lecture will be given.
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Magehenu Encampment. No. 4. will
have the golden rule and Soyal purple
degrees Tuesday evening. the lineup
being under the. leadership Of Grand
Representative w w. MILAN and
Roscoe Jenkins, respectively.
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Join the $50 movement TO accom-
pany the Columbia Lodge Quartet the
tw enty-fve- piece o. o. II. & p. Band
aud the less than two-year-old mem
befs' degree staff to Jacksonville,
Fla. for the 1924 sessions Of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge. -
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Eastern. No. :. Harmony. No. 9. and
Friendship. No. -. haze business ses-
sions Wednesday evening. Go to
Covenant No. Is. Wisconsin avenue
and NJ street northwest. to witness
the degree of friendship. the dra
matte work being directed by Grand
Warden James Z. Chamberlain.
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Union Lodge. No. IL. and Beacon.
No 15. will devote the evening to i'm
portant business.
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Busness sessions in each Of Cen
tral. No. /. and Federal City; NO. 20.
Friday evening Metropolis, No. 16.
will confer the. degree of truth with
a team of past grands.
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Mrs Ella V Mallory announces ar
rangements are completed for the
Rebekah Assembly bazaar at the
1. O. O. F. Temple Monday and Tues
day evenings.
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Noble Grand Annie B!alock an
nounces the election Of officers De-
cember 20 in Dorcas Rebekah Lodge,
No. 4.
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Columbia Lodge. No. 10. has the
third degree Thursday; Salem. No. e.
rehearsal: Langdon, No. %. the sec
ond degree: Phoenix Lodge, No. IS,
has degree work
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ODD FELLOWS.

All subordinate lodges meeting dur
ing the week will make nominations
for the first six months of 1924.
Fred u. StuartsEncampmen No. a..
will confer the patriarchal degree to-
morrow evening, past chief patriarchs
from the several encampmentS COM
posing the team.
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through Grand Recorder John A
colborn grand visitations to the con-
stltuent councils OF Royal and Select
Masters have been announced as fol-
lows: January 9. to Zabud Council.
No. T., Anacostia; January II. to
Adoniram Council No. >. Masonic
temple; January 81. to Washington
council. No. I, Masonic Temple. and
January "a. to Columbia Council. No.
y, at Naval Lodge Hall.
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cryptic Masonry had for its guest
fhe past week Fay Hempsted. general
Srand master of the United States.
who paid the local councils a.yisdt
en- route to Wilmington, Del. He was
met by representative committee
on his arrival. entertained at ban
quet at the City Club and otherwise
MT Hempsted, one of the most prom
lIeht Masons in the United States.
was made poet laureate of Masonry
III Chicago several years ago
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y HE Grand Lodge of Masons of
the District will assemble
Wednesday evening at Z
Evening star., 1923-11-04
'Shenandoah's Apple Harvest Time
Becomes Annually More Important
Shbbng
Thousand Caroads1o1
KegonOne Grower Devo More Than 10000
Trees

highly desirable means Of preparing
apples !. for market. Some growers
haul their apples eight to ten miles
to get to this plant.
A~Ak
THE cooperative association, to-
i gether with its branches In
various parts Of the Shenandoah Sec
tion, has adopted a brand and label
the Johnnie Appleseed Brand-and is
preparing to advertise in much the
western fashion. All sales Of fruit
are handled through the nationwide
cooperative sales agency-the Fed
Grated Fruit Growers. Many of these
apples come into the Washington and
Baltimore markets, but they also go
as far west as Cleveland. south to
Nashville, and to the east there ,is'no
limit. Large quantities go into the
export trade via New York and Bos-
ton.
At Inwood is located, also. the big
gest apple by-products plant in the
world. Only the best apples go into
barrels, boxes. baskets and cartons
The blemished, undersized and fallen
fruits go to the by-products plant
Here long rows. of automatic ma
chinery peel and core apples day. after
day. These are worked up into canned
apples for pies. apple butter, jellies,
etc. Large quantities are also used
to make cider and vinegar. This by
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which is in apples. He has nearly
10000 trees. Let us follow Mr.. Silver
around for day and see what. the
apple-harvest season means to him.
He is up at daylight and has his
chores done, so that by the time
breakfast is over and the pickers ar
rive-some Of them camp in the or
cards--he is ready to superintend the
days activities. First he learns that
one Of his truck drivers has been in
smash-up the evening before, and
the truck must undergo repairs before
it can haul any more apples to the
packing house or shipping station.
Next the foreman at one of his out
lying orchards calls to inform him
that he is nearly out Of barrels, and
will have to stop picking unless more
barrels are on hand soon. Another
foreman is short of help. A., third
foreman wants. to know what to do
with the fallen apples. since the local
apple-canning plant has temporarily
exhausted its storage space. The
manager Of the cooperative apple
packing plant, of which Mr.. Silver is
president, wants to know when to
start shipping the new package they
have worked out.
Questions of increasing wages,
shifting picking crews from one va
riety to another, repairing machinery
and keeping all operations on the
move, SO as to coordinate smoothly,
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NIGHT IN<THE BOULEVARD CAFE OF PARIS.

button to the universal conversation.
Talk. talk, all around you!
"If the English get control Of the
French-Belgian Sleeping-Car Com
pany's voting stock"
Those Americans have taken the
Acacias and call 1t Rector-Club-"
But there is no contraband from
Switzerland! French customs ex-
aminers have stopped opening your
trunks, except now and then. for
looks. Everything cheaper in
France"
An old man passes, gay and shabby.
with a pin xed in one end Of a bam-
boo stick-to harpoon cigar and Gig
arctic stumps. He transfers them to
his pocket.
That's De vries" excIaims your
neighnor to his. table companions.
HE used to be worth millions!"
\ MONG the nondescripts of the
boulevard are broken-down no.
.bles. ruined SPECTATORS. unfrocked
priests, dishonored soldiers and way
ward sons. the debris Of the past.
They Will not quit the boulevard
I've seen sandwich-man called to a
cafe terrace and asked to sit down,
with honor. by some old acquaintance.
Only on the boulevard could .such a
thing happen. Another time, I heard
two ragged old fellows talking.
TT was the year we made the cop
per pool" said he of the wild
| whiskers. 81 gave Amelia her house
in the Champs -Elysees."
II remember" said tho bald one
1T was the same year you got me
voted in at the Rue RoyaIe."
| Now, the Rue Royale" is one OF
| the five aristocratic clubs Of Paris
| Only on the boulevard can men who
once knew the great glittering pub
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BY STERLING HEILrG.

- PARIS. October Is.
~ HERE Is one place where Paris
centers, where the rays Of
light all meet, where life is
4 brilliant for each person. where
the comfortable Joy Of living concen-
trates. and you are smeared with 1t.
1t is the boulevard 1.-THE" boule-
vard-a crescent OF broad. shady
streets. continuous. in mid-Paris, and
lined with cafes. theaters, hotels and
bright shops. But these things do
not make 'the" boulevard: for there
are quantities of other boulevards in
Paris. broad and shady, avenues with
all the scenery. They are not It in
the slightest. go
This year. 10000 Americans did
the Paris boulevard. That iS to say
they sat on its open sidewalks, at
1900 little tables. on 32,7s5 little
chairs, to watch the easy-going. we'll
dressed multitude stroll by.
Half OF these Americans will tell
you that they sat in the center Of the
world. The saying got about from
Richard Harding Davis discovery
that the exact spot is beneath the
letter 'I' Of Cafe de Ia Paix." on
the awning Of that famous sidewalk
fterrace" at the corner. of the Place
de rOpera-
It is true, in this sense-if you sit
there long enough, almost everybody
In the world worth looking at is
liable to pass.
There Is no crowd like this on
earth--and no such place to watch
It. Illustrious statesmen, glorious
soldiers. members Of great families.
renowned fnanciers and Industrial
magnates rub shoulders. incognito.
with elegant loafers. Famous beau
ties Of every capital. great actresses
and singers, society leaders whose
faces are vaguely familiar in the
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without single square: yet. never
theless. 1t is the palpitating heart of
Paris!
- * y
IT IS the press that does 1t. Along
i the side streets, scarcely one block
from the boulevard, all the great
daily papers ~of Paris and foreign
countries have their offices. What
Paris will know tomorrow the boule-
ward knows today. What papers may
not print the boulevard discusses.
The boulevard Is the public opinion
of France-and often of the world.
Even the tourist feels 1t. Toned
down to whatever receptivity is his,
he feels an echo OF that mighty
thrill. He participates in a vast COL
lective consciousness-by feeling, If
not by understanding. Because here
the telegraph and cable compete by
word of mouth. Here are the for
eigners-the passing world at large.
selected by success, and naturally
falling into the boulevard as the
main street, the public place!
Which brings US back to the 14,670
little tables and 67,543 little chairs
on the sidewalk. Folks will sit out.
even in late autumn and midwinter,
Yet inside the cafes are equally
crowded. They are boulevard cafes,
all much alike. They are, SO to
speak, continuous,
In and out the boulevard cafes it
is all one continuous place. including
sidewalk and the promenade. There
are no water-tight compartments.
Clubs, teas and bars are water-tight
compartments.
All over the rest of Paris the cafes
are water-tight compartments. Each
has its local public dominating, and
the passing stranger. who has no
touch with the local public. Only on
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the sounds Of laughter and song. Usu-
picking season something OF a lark
ttme to make some extra money for
clothes and for Christmas.
Strikes are not uncommon, though.
among the men who make apple pick
ing a serious business. The tempta-
tion to hold up a grower Is some
times too great to resist. They know
he simply must have pickers. A good
picker can take of fifty barrels Of ap-
pies day when they hang thick and
are of good size. The usual price for
picking is 20 cents per barrel. al
though it has been thirty. The ordi-
nary man, working by the day. how
ever, usually does not take or more
than thirty barrels Of apples. It would
seem that with SO many different
kinds of labor at work, payment by
the barrel would be the general rule.
But the trouble is that so many pick
ant habit of skipping the scattered
apples in the top Of the tree, or even
of shaking the fruit and picking it up
OF. Of the ground when the foreman
Is not looking. -
Every man you meet Saround Mar
tinsburg seems to be interested in ap-
pies. You are likely tor find the Office
of the lawyer and the insurance man
closed up when you call during apple
picking time. They are out -supervis-
ing the harvesting OF their crops
Large numbers of new. orchards. are
due to come into bearing in the next
few years. and the Importance. OF the
Shenandoah and contiguous territory
as an apple region seems likely to
grow raptdly. = fe' '.e'
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Velocity of Light.
THE first determination Of tn

THE first determination OF the We
locity of light was made by
Romer in 1876. The method was based
upon the observation of the eclipses
of Jupiter's satellites, phenomena of
frequent recurrence and-easy of OBJ
servation. Assuming that light re-
quires time wherein - move from
place to place through space, the in
terval between successive eclipses
would appear too short when the
earth is approaching Jupiter and too
long when the earth is receding there
from. Romer found in his observa-
tions that such was the case, and
that the interval was conditioned by
the rate Of speed at which the earth
changed places relatively with Jupi-
ter. From these constants Romer
computed that light expended about
sixteen and one-half minutes in cross
ing the earth's orbit. From this is de-
duced q velocity Of about 1s6.5oo miles
q second.
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amount of the purchase price as
agreed upon and the railroad must
stand the damages. The federal in
spector's certificate said the ship
ment was in good condition when
turned over to the railway company.
1t is up to the railroad after that.
One result Of the inauguration of this
system has been more prompt deliv-
cry OF fruit shipments.
\ X
NNE Of the most troublesome fea-
~ lures Of the apple game is the se-
curing and handling of the pickers.
Numerous persons in Washington and
Baltimore have adopted the practice
Of going out to the orchards to. pick
apples for month or SO each fall. A
dozen or more employees Of the United
States Department of Agriculture
have been doing this for several
years. They get an outing in de-
lightful region and make good money
at the same time. But the number of
pickers required is so large that every
resource is exhausted and still there
is always a shortage of pickers.
Trucks scour the surrounding country
and bring in workers from the farms
and villages. Every man, woman and
child among the orchard families
themselves is pressed into service.
They work in groups and can gener-
ally be located among the trees by