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The Washington times., 1923-08-23

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" HE new French postage
stamps bearing the portrait
- of Pasteur are attracting u
good deal Of attention. The issu-
ing Of these stamps by the gov
not only Of the merits Of this
great scientist but Of the right Of
science, in general, to hold q more
conspicuous place in the official
sun than it has occupied in the
past.
Pasteur's noble head, now ap-
pearing on every denomination Of
French postage, Is an acknowl-
edgment that political rulers and
plotters and military heroes are
not always the most suitable
representatives Of the essential
greatness of q nation.
These new stamps are another
reminder that the French are d
people Of artistic tastes and ca
pacities which go rather beyond
US. am not an artist or an art
critic; have only my apprecia-
tons OF such matters, but 1t
seems plain enough to me when
I put one of the Pasteur stamps
side by side with one Of our own
stamps bearing the head Of Wash
ington that there is here a lesson
for US to learn. If only we will
only take 1t in good part.
1t Is not well to give up every.
thing to science. leaving nothing
for the aesthetic side of our ma
ture. Art can aid science per-
haps more than science can all
art. There seems to me to be q
o.
to art in the machine-like design
and finish of the Washington
medallion portrait as compared
with the free delineation of Pas
tours face and head, set against
an indefinite background.
The French design is exempt
from the tyranny of detail which
is so manifest in the other. The
. conspicuous, but pinching, oval
frame, and the elaborate laurel
wreath in the American design
tend to belittle what should be he
sole feature Of the stamp, viz,
the head OF Washington.
Then why the ugly and awkward
designing OF the neck? Did
Washington always Cor ever
wrap up his neck and occiput
like that? But it Is the general
effect that is always to be re-
garded as the best Of excellence,
and there in my opinion the SUI
periority Of the French stamp is
obvious.
have ventured into this dis
cussion of a question that ia
strictly out of my line because
there seems to be no better way
to awaken public attention to the
desirahility of wider popular
education for us in matters of art.
They are able to turn out better
things of this kind in France, and
elsewhere in Europe, than we can
make, because they have a public
widely educated in that sense.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23

There, everybody who is edu-
Gated at all has a personal opin-
ion that he is not afraid to ex-
press about such things. He I'M
derstands the primary principles
concerning them. He has been
brought up among objects and
persons that keep those principles
and their effects continually be-
fore his eyes.
Look at the crowds of French
people that go to the enormous
annual Salon" exhibitions in the
vast art palace of the Champs
Elysees in Paris, and compare
their bearing and their comments
with those Of the majority Of the
attendants at an exhibition in the
New York Metropolitan Museum.
Our people, with the exception, Of
course, Of the specially educated
and the experts, may be said, as
whole, to have no ideas or
preferences about pictures. and
other art products, that they are
capable Of clearly expressing, or
in which they have any conf
dence. They have not thought
enough about the subject. They
have not learned its ABC. They
do not understand its importance
to the life not only of a CON-
munity and nation but Of in
dtviduals.
The French on the other hand
live in an atmosphere that is
charged with the sense Of art.
Children grow up in it. Their
minds imbibe 1t as they imbibe
their native language. And 1t is,
perhaps, not one Of the least Of
the advantages it gives them that
they use much finer postage
stamps, bank bills, and coins than
we have as yet turned out for
ourselves. But we shall learn in
due time-at least we may
hope so.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

T DLENESS, so much envied,
is injurious to the self-con-
- fident.
A man specially needs counsel
when he finds many counsels.
Never is anything more unjust
than an ignorant man who thinks
nothing done properly unless he
himself has done it.
Praise is rebuke to the man
whose conscience allows It not.
Celebrating is not delaying.
He does not believe who does
not live according to his belief.
He who does what he can does
what he ought.
Be sparing of advice by words,
but teach your lesson by example.
Music Is never stationary; sue
cessive forms and styles are only
like so many resting placeS-like
tents pitched and taken down
again on the road to the ideal.
That man is dead who for the
body lives.
Contempt Is the sharpest re-
proof.
From education. as the leading
cause,
The public character its color
draws.-Cowper.
A blow with a word strikes
deeper than a blow with sword.
Confess that you were wrong
yesterday-it will show that you
are wise today.
Without danger, danger cannot
be surmounted.
The most trying man to deal
with Is the one who doesn't know
what he wants and is impatient
because he doesn't get 1t.
What matters is not what you
are, but what you are becoming.
Beautiful plans and lofty
dreams lose their value unless
they are in some way built into
action. The things people would
do "if they had time" are not the
things that are feeding the hun
cry or pushing the world along.
Surmounted difficulties not
only teach, but hearten us in our
true struggles.
The "Do 1t Now motto is very
good II its advice Is taken, but
reading it everywhere or franz
ing it above ones desk does not
absorb its virtue. 1t is a habit
to be formed.
Copyright. 1928. by Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
DINERS GIVEN
HOT TOWELS
IN CHINA
" HERE was once q little boy

T HERE was once q little boy
who ate with the grown
ups for the first time and
was so puzzled by the finger.
bowls that he did a most amusing
thing.
Carefully watching his mother
and father to see the use to which
they put their fingerbowls, this
little boy did Just as they did,
but he went a step farther. He
neglected to see what his mother
and father did after they had dip
ped their fingers into the bowls,
SO he leaned his chubby little
face over his finger-bowl and
gave 1t a thorough washing.
But II the little boy had done
this thing in China. he would
not have done anything surpris-
ing. For in some sections Of the
Celestial Kingdom, bowls Of
steaming water and hot towels
are offered to each guest for the
very purpose to which the little
boy put his finger-bowl.
The visitor. who, for the first
time. Is offered this courteous
attention, may be somewhat per.
picked about what he should do
with the hot towel. OF course,
he watches his host, and he sees
that courteous gentleman take
the steaming towel which has
been offered him and give his
face a thorough washing, pay
ing attention to his neck and even
his ears.
If by any chance there is q
haldheaded man among those
seated at the table, that gentle.
man may give his head a wash.
ing, just as the other guests give
their faces a thorough ''RoInA.
over During all this time the
conversation never lags.
Back and forth the talk is car
ried. It may run the gamut of
the world, save the. particular
thing that Is engaging the host
and his guest at the moment.
Indeed, polite as 1t is to feast, It
Is not considered polite to talk
about 1t.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
Safety Talk

" HE man who buries his head
in an umbrella and rushes
n across the street Is as fool
ish as the ostrich who thinks he
fools his pursuers by burying ais
head In the sand.
In driving rain many persons
hold the umbrella down to get the
most protection from the rain,
and are unable to see where they
are going. They forget that the
drivers vision is blurred by the
rain on his windshield and the
chances Of getting struck by a
car are greatly Increased.
Medical authorities may differ
in their views on the dangers Of
getting wet. but all agree that II
is unhealthy to be hit by an auto
mobile. In crossing the street
you need clear view in all d.
rections, so don't handicap yoNe-
self with an umbrella.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
u. S. Stamp Colby Scientific,
French Is Artistic, Says
Garrett p. Serviss
BY Garrett p. Serviss.

and Writer Scientific Topics of Popular Interest
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
FrOcks by Air

~ ARIS.-Engliah clients OF the
large Paris dressmaking
u houses are now receiving
their frocks by air. Business man
find there is less risk OF theft
and less expense for packing and
insurance by sending their pre-
cious CONNECTIONS over the clouds.
They are delivered in dainty
hand boxes such as the little
midinettes carry along the Rue
de Ia Paix. Then, too, new
gown Is always wanted in a hurry.
and for this tho air route 10 In
wNAseal1N.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
old Folk and NelU FungIes.

@ERNARD LICHTENBERG, Of the Alexander Hamilton
Institute receives letter announcing the premature
death of his grandfather at 1OS. The old gentleman
confident Of attaining ripe and hearty age, his sire
before hin-113 years-remarried at ninety and
factor in community affairs within month of his demise
John A. Stewart, chairman Of the United States Trust
Company celebrates his andirst birthday in the
saddle.
Running machinery and active minds slowly Stay
useful and remain young.
Mr. Stewart remember when Roeblng's plans for the
Brooklyn Bridge considered impossible Of ulfment
and practicable far pretentous than expansion Of
population warranted
Now Gustav Lndenthal finds the Hudson River
tunnel inadequate before completion. America fast
Urging span to Weehauken, he tells New Jersey
folk that engineers COULD with sufficient funds easily
a treste to Europe.
Airships cheaper and quicker.
The General Electric Company will probably declare
extra dividend at the coming annual meeting.
Progress and prosperity march side by sde The safest
business earth the manufacture Of efficiencies
Franklin kite carried the key to billions.
by
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
Pieces Of Eight and Cargoes Of Rum.

TX Mss GERALDINE MORAN, of Tarrytown the Eud-
Nv son. is held under S., 900 bail An unidentified
crossing upper Broadway struck and killed by
her automobile Magistrate Marsh rules that people
not obliged to street crossings Pedestrians still have
rghtof-way.
The steadily increasing of automobiles viii finally
compel lowpower machines in cities Traffic regulations
and penalties for reckessness become correspondngy
drastic thoroughfares thicken with
William Klevowtz arrested for driving while drunk is
sentenced to Jail for ninety daysthe sternes sentence
passed to date by Manhattan court for that msdemeanor
Justice would have been better served by giving him
year at hard labor
Gun-toers to the penitentiary for longer
pistol.
The Jolly Roger reappeas off Gloucester Pirates board
Nova Scotia steamer fatally wound Capt Arthur Moore
shoot the cook and make away with 100000 worth Of rum
Captain Kid seldom made better haus Each invention
produces its unique disease and every statute its peculiar
crimes
Heaven alone knows how many feebooters have stained
the Spanish Main and the threeile limit with booleggers
blood.
There q M honor hatWeen outlaWa.
The Washington times., 1923-08-23
WORLD EVENTS YIELD
RIGHT-OF-NEWS TO A
STOLEN CHILD
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.

A JAPANESE submarine, with full crew aboard and
"A United States gunboat from which all hands are
saved, go down in gales.
The berest battle waged between capital and labor since
the Homestead strikes threatened consequence Of
futile coal negotiations The Federal Fuel may fix
blame for the unsatisfactory situation today.
conference Of governors in the principal anthracite
consuming States called for August &c. Government con-
troll Of the Pennsylvania fields while Indicated out
of the picture
President Coolidge takes definite stand against inter-
vening abroad.
Poncare delivers his beated answer to Britain counter
proposes an allied corporation for operating Rhine rail-
roads and Ruhr mines suggests the collection Of
gold specie for entente benefit recommends the evyng
Of 26 per cent export tax all Teuton shipments
But France reduce the total reparation demands
by pfenng consent to the intrusion international
experts for determining German capacity to pay ndennes
The Coodges in residence at the White House; gasc
line drops to 10 cents gallon at Los Angeles Okahoma
asserts sovereign right to protect natural resource by
limiting the production Of oil whenever minded Poland
100000 loan from American bankers; mail
plane flight from San Francisco to New York Is made in
twenynne hours yet the outstanding feature Of the
and chief public this minute is the recov
cry Of Baby Mckenzie.
Typhoon furnace bins political aspirations and dipIc
matte gestures momentar obscured by the search
lost mite
Make the Punishment Fit the Crime.
CIRCUMSTANCE and environment shall alter many
primal urge but nature to that beast and bird
and man would forever lay down life to defend their
nurslings
We shall the day when communities won't shud
der and chill at child-stealing.
Heredity and tradition establish the Hdnaper
mon menace Flock herd tribe clan and society alike cry
vengeance upon the despoler Of nest and cradle
Even the Dark Ages saturnaas Of plague brutality and
violence would not tolerate the patronage Of coprachicos
by anpowerful monarchs and prelates.
Charlie Ross has never been found. The unspeakable
Varotta case is fresh in national memory
Join the hue and cryl Watch your block, scan your
neighborhood look out for urve strangers with wzened
fragile babies Rather suspect thousand nnocents than
that wolf should escape
Then let's amend criminal laws and make kidnapping
capital offense
Who knowsl The next such blow may be dealt your
nursery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01

an SIGH. See hyar. you Sneed, git off
an put the irons on this MN
The guerrilla called Sneed sid off
his horse and began 70 tumble IN his
sa~Gdle-bass.
Stillwell WIS gazing ut Stewart in a
kind Of |imploring amaze.
Gene, you amt goin' to stand fer
them h~andcuffsf7 be pleaded.
Yes" replied the cowboy. "Blll.
old friend, I'm an outsider here.
There's no call for Miss Hammond and
and her brother and Florence 10 be
worried further about me. Their
happy day has already been spoiled
on my account. | want to get out
quick"
"Wal, you might be too d-n eonsid-
crate of Miss Hammond's sensitive
f~eelln's." There was now no trace of
the courteous, kindly old raneher. He
looked harder than stone. How about
my feelin'sf l want to know If you're
goin' to let this sneakin' coyote. this
last gasp Of the old rum-guzzlin'
frontier sheriffs, put you in irons an
hawg-tie you an drive you off to jaiI?'
Yes" replied Stewart. steadily.
oval. by Gawd. You. Gene Stew
art What's come over yon? Why.
man, go in the house. an I'll tend to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01
IN CROPS
Western Canada Farmers AS
sured of BountifuI Yields.
conditions Reported From All Parfs
of the Provinces Satisfactory in the
Highest Degree-Pass Expectations

From as early as April II. when
seeding became general throughout the
Western Canadian Provinces. a
there anything but optimism in the
feelings of the farmers of that couna
try. An uninterrupted chain of favor
able conditions have bound the early
seeding data with the conditions Of
the crop today. There were no ser.
backs. There may have been a hais
storm or two with some i'll effects
through portions of the country. bus
she rack they took WAS go sEaa9
hat the percentage Of loss was al
most imperceptible compared with the
whole. Rains fell just when needed
the sun shone as If regulated by the
farmer himself, the ground, generally.
was in perfect condition and fully re-
sponsive. II is now a question of rival
~ between districts and provinces
which will produce the greatest re-
suits in crop yields and averages. Out
in Alberta. whether il be in the north
or in the south. that which gave as
suranee, in a well-prepared seed bed.
Of an excellent crop is passing expec-
tation, and experts say there viii be
produced a crop away greater than
eve befo-e in the history Of the prov
ince, and Alberta has had some big
yields. Then, in Saskatchewan there
exist the same conditions. The ex-
treme north and extreme south will
vie with the east and west in the
story at harvest and threshing time.
Manitoba, while not boastful, CON-
placently watches fields Of wheat.
oats, rye anG barley that promise to
set a new record for that province.
The fact is apparent that Western
Canada will have a crop yield in all
grains away ahead Of any year in the
history of the country. This will be
pleasing Jews TO the thousands in the
United States. who have friends and
relatives farming in that country. It
should not be forgotten that these
crops will be raised on land that in
many cases cost less thar $40 an acre
and some Of it was procured by mere
IL h-omesteading. Il is possible today
to secure improved farms at very low
figures, as well as raw or virgin
prairie. Any Canadian government
agent viii gladly give Information as
10 the condition of the crops, and
dates when special rates may be had
by those who wish to look over what
IS probably one Of the greatest grain
fields on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01

gorilla and as repulsive. Besides him
there were three other men present,
all mounted on weary horses. The
one in the foreground, gaunt, sharp
featured, %red-eyed, with a pointed
beard, she recognized as the sheriff of
Ell Cajon.
Stillwell saw Madeline, and, throw
ing up his hands, roared to be heard.
This quieted the gesticulating, quar-
reling men.
oval now, Pat Howe, what's drivin'
you like n locoed steer on the ram
page?' demanded Stillwell.
keep in the traces, Bill" replied
Have. You savvy what l come fer.
I've been bidin' my time. But I'm
ready now. I'm hyar to arrest a Grim
inal."
The huge frame of the old cattle
man jerked as if he had been stabbed.
His face turned purple.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01
Reptile Found in Trinidad Secretes a
Poison Which Enables 1t to
Paralyze Prey

Trinidad c%entipedes have been pre-
sented to the London zoo. an exchange
says. They are more than a foot long,
and at the broadcast part nearly half
an inch across. They are dark brown,
with rings on the long feelers and on
the legs, a pair of which projects from
each hattened segment of the body.
These tropical centipedes live in shady
places, hidden under bark, stones or
dead leaves. moving chiefly at night.
They run quickly and can climb verti-
cal surfaces if there is any footbold
for their claws. They are entirely
c%arnivorous. living on insects, grubs,
small birds or mammals, which they
kill with their venom.
1t has been shown that the whole of
the body of these centipedes secretes
a volatile venom. so that even the
wounds made by the sharp claws are
extremely painful. The under surface
'of the head carries a formidable pair
of poison fangs, the venom of which
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01
CHAPTER XVIII
The Sheriff of Ell Cajon.

About the middle Of the forenoon
of that day Madeline reached the
ranch. Her guests had all arrived
ed only her presence and the assur-
ance of her well-being to consider the
last of the camping trip a rare adven-
ture. They reported an arduous ride
down the mountain, with only one in
cident to lend excitement. On the
descent they had fallen in with Sher-
if Have and several of his deputies,
who were considerably under the in
f1uence of drink and very greatly en-
ragged by the escape of the Mexican
girl Bonita. Have had used insult
ing language to the ladies and, ae-
cording to Ambrose, would have In
convenienced the party OF some pre-
text or other if he had not been
sharply silenced by the cowboys.
Madeline's guests were two days in
recovering from the hard ride. On
the third day they leisurely began to
prepar for departure. This period
was doubly trying for Madeline. Her
SISltI anu Wv hIAidtf anu
earnestly persistent in their e%ntreaties
that she go back East with them. She
desired to go. 1t was not going that
mattered; it was how and when and
under what circumstances she vas to
return that reused in her disturbing
emotion. Before she went East she
wanted to have fixed in mind her fu-
ture relation to the ranch and the
West. When the crucial hour arrived
she found that the West had not
claimed her yet. These old friends
had warmed cold ties.
1t turned out, however. that there
need be no hurry about making the
decision. Madeline would have vel
coined any excus to proerastinate
but, as it happened, a letter from Al
fred made her departure out of the
question for the present. He wrote
that his trip to California had been
very profitable, thAt he had a PROPOSE
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01
HAD PLENTY But
COULD NOT IT

Jerome A. Weeks, popular club man.
owner Of the Why restaurant, :. o
and Il Guilford Ave. Baltimore, Nd,
Is another man Of prominence to give
an unqualified endorsement TO Tanlae.
Il heartily endorse Tanlac, sud
Mr.. Weeks. because / have found It
10 be a medicine c. exceptional merit.
While I was not TO say sick when I
started taking Tanlac, still / did not
feel at all well. In fact, my appetite
was 50 poor and I was so nervous and
restless al night that l never felt en-
ergetie or rested and just could get
through a day at business.
FINALLY I got me some Tanlac. and
In a little while 1t brought my appetite
back. steadied my nerves so that I be
gan 10 sleep fine, and today I feel 50
well I can look after business with
perfect ease. l can speak from expert
nee and say Tanlac is great"
Tanlae Is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 81
million bottles sold.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01

this Teller. Then tomorrow you can
ride in an give yourself up Ike a
gentleman
NO. I'll go. Thanks, Bill, for the
way you and the boys would stick to
me. Hurry, Have, before my mind
changes
His voice broke at last. ~betraying
the wonderful control he had kept over
his passions. As he ceased speaking he
seemed suddenly to become spiritless.
He dropped his head.
When the man Sneed came forward,
j~ingling the iron letters, Madeline's
blood turned TO fire. She would have
forgiven Stewart her for lapsing into
the kind of cowboy it had been her
blind and sickly sentiment to abhor.
This was a mans West-a mans game.
Al that moment. With her blood hot and
racing. she would have gloried in the
violence which she had 50 deplored
she would have welcomed the action
that had characterized Stewards treat
ment of Don Carlos; she had in her
the sudden dawning temper of a wom-
an who had been asslmilating the life
and nature around her and who would
not have turned her eyes away from
a harsh and bloody deed.
But Stewart held forth his hands to
be manacled. Then Madeline heard
her own voice burst out in a ringing.
irnDeriouS "Waif I"
Sneed dropped the manacles. Stew
arts face took on a chalky wilderness.
Have, in a slow, stupid embarrass-
ment beyond his control, removed his
sombrero in a respect that seemed
wrenched from him.
Mr.. Have, 1 IA prove to you that
stewart vas not concerned in any way
whatever with the crime for which you
want to arrest him.
The sheriff. stare underwent a blink
ing change. He eoughed, stammered,
and tried TO speak. Manifestly, he had
been thrown completely off his bal
ance. Astonishment slowly merged
into discontinue.
ITO BE CONTINUED.0
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-01
Lamar rurninn to Electricity.

The growth Of the electrical idea In
Japan IS reflected in the shipment just
made from the United States Of "
25.000 kv-a.. 1~l.OO0-yolt synchronous
.ondensers, the largest ever built for
foreign shipment in this country.
These big machines are to be in
stalled by the Nippon Electric Power
company of Osaka, the Industrial CEN
ter of Japan, and will be used for pow
er factor correction on 154.000Lyolf
transmission lines which serve a large
area of Japan. The motors of the MAJ
chimes weighed 20 tons, and the stators
or armatures weighed "a tons. The
apparatus includes seven TRANSFORMS
ers. each weighing 80 tons complete
with oil, and standing p feet in height.