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The Washington times., 1924-01-16
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON THE
ROMANCE OF STARS
By Garrett p. Serviss,
Famous Astronomer and Writer :
On Scientific Topics Of
Popular Interest.

Famous Astronomer and Writer
On Scientific Topics Of
Popular Interest.
What methods were used in
grouping the stars into the va
rious consultations? Do all stars
in one constellation travel in the
same direction? Are there any
wandering stars, and is our sun
one Of them? If not, what con-
stellation does it belong to?-M. M.
" HE early history of the con-
stellation is buried in uncer-
Il tainty and conjecture. 1t
can hardly be said that any
method" was used in grouping
the stars into imaginary figures
The universal tendency Of man.
kind to see fancied resemblances
to men, animals, and other objects
in the clouds, in the fire, ETC., is
sufficient to account for the birth
of different constellation systems
among different peoples.
But only one such system has
attained general acceptance among
the leading nations during the
last few thousand years, and that
is the one which was chiefly
shaped under Greek influence. In
fact the starry heavens may be-
compared to an illuminated scroll
filled with pictured Greek myth
ology.
How much method there was
in this you may gather from the
following English translation from
the Greek poet-astronomer Aratos,
who lived in the third century be.
fore Christ. Even in his time, it
will be observed, the origin Of the
consultations had become legen.
dairy. Writing in his "Phaino-
mena" he speaks of the constella.
ton figures as:
"s Those hosts
In marshalled ranks, that travel
constant paths
Through waning ages: whose
slmilltudes some mortal noting,
In days long agone. assigned ju.
diciously a common name
To aggregated multitudes. It had
passed his skill.
Nor aided recognition, to name
them each and all,
Thronged as they are and each to
other like.
So she devised to group them in
such wise
That standing in succession side
by side
They simulate living forms. Easi-
ly thus be named
Heavn's host: and now no star
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rises unrecognized
OF those that are arranged In
definite forms,
Conspicuous"
And Manilius, the Roman poet.
astronomer. in the first century,
A. D., describes the consultations
as follows in an English render
ing of 1897:
"The consultations shapes some
make their themes.
Sing whence they came and how
adorned with beams.
Andromeda enjoys kind Perseus'
aid,
The Sire unbinds, the Mother
mournS the Maid.
Callisto ravisht now the Pole sur.
veys
Nor grieves to change her honor
for her rays.
The Little Bear that rock'd the
mighty Jove, .
The Swan whose borrow'd shape
conceald his love,
Are graced with light, the nurs.
lh6 NOdI ISltlu
With Heaven, and uty rais'd the
pious Maid.
The Lion for the honors OF his
skin,
The squeezing Crab, and stinging
Scorpion shine
For aiding Heaven when Giants
dared to brave
The threat'nd stars, and thunder
failed to save.
And now the Fish ignoble fates
escape
Since Venus owed her safety to
their shape,
The Ram having passd the sea
serenelv shines
And leads the Year, the Prince of
all the Signs"
The constellation makers did
not try to include all the stars in
the visible sky but fixed attention
only on those that fell easily
within the outlines of the par
ticular shapes and figures that
fancy saw. The classic constel.
lations were all invented by in.
habitants of the northern hemi.
sphere. The stars around the
South Pole were not arranged
into consultations until the age
of the great navigators who pene.
trated the South seas.
The stars constituting par.
ticuIar constellation have no
physical relationship, or comnu.
nifty of motion, Independent. of
the annual revolution of the
heavens, which they all share.
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Longer Hours, or No Work
We re More Fortunate Here.

The Swiss government decides that working hours for
wormen be increased from fortyeght fiftytwo
hours week. The wormen will vote it. Steel makers
when their hours were made longer threatened to STRIKE
gave up the idea when told that world competition made
longer hours necessary On forty basis the mills
would close.
This country its workers and industrial leaders, lucky
to have the tariff wall of protection between them and
Europe.
Without protection for steel every steel worker would
be added to the unemployed list
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<<r NEVER heard of such nonsense!'
snorts old Mrs. Bopp. 'Baby
courses in school! Tommy rot!
Borrowing young brats so a parcel of girls
can waste their time playing with them.
A fine use to make of the Taxpayers
money! When l went to school we took
sensible studies, things appropriate for
schools reading, grammar, arithmetic,
geography. We didn't have any old maid
giving us lectures on modified milk sou-
tions Time enough to learn about nurs-
ing bottles when the baby came along.
Schools were schools-they weren't nur-
series!'
And that's what old Mrs. Bopp thinks
of the innovation in the Home Economics
Department in Cornell University The
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operation Of the glands She was equally ignorant
corning food values. Appendicitis called "nflamma
ton of the bowels and claimed its of victims
through the wrong treatment And consider the horrors
the diphtheria epidemics The sturdy members Of the
race survived but OH what flocks of baby ghosts
waited their wayl
Babies will still succumb to- accident and disease But
the Cornell idea Spreads not many will succumb to
carelessness and ignorance We beginning to realize
that it absurd to trust to mother instinct caring
for children would be to trust to aviator instinct in
flying powerful plane If geography and grammar are
worth studying, how much worth while is the study
Of priceless human life2 .
Copyright 1924 Features Syndicate. 1nc.)
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WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

"ROUBLES come to all men, but those who are
looking for them will have the largest share
You may the faults of others when Won b.vA
none of your own. ~ ' ~
Content makes poor men rich-disconter+ r,oles
rich men poor. ~
Courage is virtue which the young cannot snare
TO lose it is to grow old before ones time
We constantly underrae the capacity of children to
understand and to suffer. - '"
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'Tis his at last who says it best.

'Tis his at last who says it best
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters
stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews
challenge every new author.
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die
Let every man hold to his calling, and in the
grand sweep of things his turn will come at last
osDyESAt ISaA Ay NswSpASss Service.
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but their diplomas frequently took the
form of baby tombstones.
As matter Of fact, you might as well
expect boy to pick up a knowledge Of
electrical engineering by playing around
dynamos as expect young woman to learn
how to take care of children by practicing
on her own baby without any technical in
struction. The human body is the most
complicated machine on earth and the most
valuable We have spent countless gen.
erations in trying to study it and we are
only beginning to probe its mysteries.
Just as the science of electrical engi-
neering was a closed book to grandpa, so
was the science Of bodily engineering a
closed book to grandma. She knew moth
ing of that YitallX important subject. the
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opinion that the railroad prob railroads and then they will cell
lem will be solved them to the Government at
the Government and inflated value That what
crates them for the benefit of they to know
the people. George T. OdeI their methods
representing Christian "When the Government
Monitor recently through running the railroads
Ford in after the the exploiters
tive Offices Of the Ford chance to take them back
mobile plant Fort Dearborn and make some more profit
Mch quotes the of them and to initiate their
facturer part follows: value further that they
Transportation great could sell them back the
need America today. The Government high
people have recognized the That what they doing
need for better transportation now think they are getting
many automobiles But the do you think that the
is with all its
cent. They must be coordi the railroads efficiently"
OdeI.
ownership. That "Yes think Transpor
coming" it is such big thing in the in
"But the railroad presi dusy Of the country
dents interrupted the inter- people would not allow them
viewer. to be msmanaged. know 100
Oh the railroad presidents today who could the
haven't anything to do with railroads they should be
it." replied Mr. Ford. "It is Yes, sir; must have
the expoers behind them co-ordnated gov
They the time coming when eminent ownership That is
there will be big the only way"
Put vour mind for moment on what Henry Ford first
class business management and production says about
the bigness and Importance of the railroads.
Railroads the veins and arteries Of national commerce
and of national industrial lfe
To allow them to be owned managed clogged controlled
mismanaged and bedevied by less incompetent
running railroads merely fakng personal
property, is preposterouS
It is Just preposerous it would be if you could
PREVENT it, and nevertheless allowed veins and arteries in
your body be controlled by few selfish microbes
firmly convinced that God had given them those veins and
arteries to be managed first of all for THEIR profit and
their purposes
is interesting fact by the way that union labor
alleged by its enemies to be noerant and selfish quotes
praises Henry Ford strong opponent of unions and of
ganzaon of labor which he calls device for speeding up
loafing.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
Mrs. Ryding' !
| Lovely Tea For
Mrs. Conner

Saturday afternoon at o'clock the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ryding
presented a festive appearance when
thrown open in welcome to 100 guests
who were invited to meet Mrs. Braxt0n
Bragg Conner, who, since her marriage
in February to Ex-Governor Conner, the
two have been almost continuously abb
sent either at their country place or at
their winter camp in Florida.
1t will be recalled that Mr.. Ryding
purchased his house from, Mrs. Rhodes,
whose husband, the late General Rufus
Rhodes, built it on what he thought to
be the most magnificent viewpoint in
Birmingham.
1t Glanced that General and Mrs.
Rhodes moved into their new home and
they celebrated the occasion with big
. house-warming party-and Mrs. Co
mer, then Miss Mary Gibson, was a
guest in the Conner home, and she went
with them to the house-warming, and
now after all these years we find the
same home opened to greet almost
identically the same group.
The Rydings have enlarged their
sunken garden, and it was delight to
the guests to stroll along the lovely paths
or to watch the magnificent panorama
that is the skyline of Greater Birming.
ham.
Garden flowers in bowls placed about
the house lent their perfume and the
soft glow Of candle light irradiated the
faces of the friends who called.
Mrs. Ryding was assisted in receiv.
ing by her sisters, Mrs. Frank Lathrop
Mrs. Frank Nabers, Mrs. Donald Co
mer and Mrs. Frederick /. Thompson
and Mrs. Buford Goodwin.
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Mrs. Edgar T. Long of Orlando, Fla,
is the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Hubert
Moore, on Chestnut Hill.
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s. s. Cleveland to spend the summer
months in Europe.
Miss Iva Duke of Gadsden is spend
ing fews days in Birmingham.
MRS. Lee Inlgpen ls visiting ner
uaugnter, MrS. >. n. GlillS IN = An
daiusia.
Mr. and Mrs. =. M. ELLIS have taken
possession OF their new bungalow at
ooV sixth Fiace' brentwood.
Miss Sarah Phelan will leave Mon
DAY LOT New fork from which place
sne Will san on May 81 Tor Euro
pean trip TO De gone several months.
MISS Katherine Leeper is leaving to-
gay Ior VISIT 70 friends and relatives
IN opartanourg, .. ", ana washington
York for Europe, where she will spend
the summer.
Miss Susan Mahrv returned Satur-
| day from Monteyallo college. where she
graduated from the high school de-
partment. Mrs. w. r. Mabrv who
went down for commencement returned
Mr. ana NJ c,... S.,. ,s.,..
pattv;oh,S hana ,o., sa Sy NSauie
n Gr,ando ~ os.as ~ ..el nome ane
1atter,s s;o,. NJ a IL E ISL 70 ene
| MISS Margaret fruden OF Rome,
va, wa arri'e wednesday TO De the
suese Of MISS annie Lee, whose mar
lase W MT rank barker VIII De an
event ol June
.. :,
arrive this week to attend the wedding
OF his brother, Mr.. Frank Barker, and
Miss Annie Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whorton will
..s ''"ee
Mr.. and Mrs. Beech Chenoweth an.
nounce the birth of a son whom they
have named James Barnett.
eMrs. Henry Cobb is in Tuscaloosa
attending the commencement exercises
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will leave Wednesday to spend the
summer at her home in Auburn. She
will be accompanied by Miss virlindia
Clark, who will visit her.
49,
Miss Virginia Carswell, who is head
Of the demonstration school of Howard
college, has been spending several days
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Cars
well in Albany. Miss Carswell will
return Tuesday to resume her work
as a member of the summer school
faculty.
Miss Mabel Willoughby, who is a
member of the junior class of Howard
college, will spend the summer with
her parents in Gordon, Ala.
Miss Jap Hendrix, who is receiving
her degree this week at Howard col
lege, will leave for Hartford, to spend
the summer with her parents.
Misses Ethel and Evelyn Clark, who
have been attending Howard college,
will leave this week for Falkville to
spend the vacation. Miss Ethel Clark
viii receive her degree on Tuesday.
49,
Miss Mamie B. Chandler of How
ard college, will spend the vacation
with her parents in Decatur, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs, Max Roseman will go
to Tuscaloosa to be present at the grad
uation exercises of their son, Albert,
on Tuesday.
Miss Marie Hickman has returned
home after attending college at the
University of Alabama.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ, A. Jennings and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Culver have re-
turned from trip to Denver, Col,
where they were guests at convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. McDavid, Jr.,
have named their son Edmund Richard
son, ~.
Miss Mitylele McDavid and Miss
Louise Bankhead will attend the
graduation exercises at the University
of Alabama on Tuesday.
Mr.. Richard Bastar left Saturday for
Pittsburg on account of the death Of
his father, Mr.. P: $. Bastar.
Miss Evelyn Redd has returned from
Mobile, where she visited Miss Aleta
Turner. Miss Redd was accompanied
home by Miss Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Neese left Satur.
day for a trip to the middle west, re-
turning, the former will take a special
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MRS. H. b. Bradshaw and Mrs. Harry
johnson Of Rome, Ca, have returned
home after being called here to the
bedside Of their daughter and sister
Mrs. 8. FL. Warwick, who has been
seriously i'll at st. Vincent's hospital
Little Margaret Warwick accompa.
MED them home.
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cises, all seniors participating.
Thursday, : p. M, graduating exer-
cises.
The following is program of a re-
cital given Friday evening:
Garden of Dreams (McDonald).
Happy Pickaninnies (Bilbro), Sarah
Madeira Patton.
Little Brown Thrush (Schmidt),
Elizabeth Slater.
Swinging (Bilbro), Edaline Moore.
Brownies Dance (Kamman), June
Sharples.
Gladys at Play (Mokrejs), George
Mosburg.
Hunting Song (Gurlitt), Grace VIII
son.
Tarantella (Krogman), Mary Algee.
In Hanging Gardens (Davies), Anne
liza Brown.
Melody (Engelman), Lillian billiard.
Flower Songs (Gurlitt), Helen Van
Landingham.
Melodie (MasseneD, Eloise Mont
gomery.
The Skylark (Tschaikowsky), Vir-
ginia Sharples.
Marchetta (Nevin), Reba Palmer.
PolOnaise in G sharp Minor (Chop-
inn, Carolyn Shields.
Remove oil stains with turpentine.
In removing stains from clothing con-
slider the material and remember fresh
stain can be removed more readily than
an old one.
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Mrs. julius Hirsh and son, Jack
Fies, and Mrs. Doris Lowenthal will
arrive Tuesday morning from Nash
vile to be the guests of Mrs. Edward
Hitler.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Jones ar
having new home built on Pine Ridg,
Road, south of the new Country clul
grounds.
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FLAGS ASKED TO BE DIS
PLAYED MEMORIAL DAY

Mrs. II. Swope, chairman Of the deco
ration committee of the Memorial Day
celebration, asks that merchants display
the American flags that day, May 80, in
memory of the dead heroes. The COM
mittee is composed of Mrs. Swope, chair
man Mrs. s. LAUREL, Miss Alma Rit-
'tenberry, Mr.. James Ashworth and Mr..
Arthur Greenwood
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Mr.. Cliff Abbott left Friday for Co
lumbus, Ca, where his marriage to Miss
Dorothy Clason will be an event on
June 8.
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CLASS ENTERTAINS
THREE HONOREES

Miss Mabel Kennedy, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Baugh and Miss Kathryn
Faughender, brides-elect, will be
honorees at tea from. s to $50
o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when
Mrs. WI J. Weddings Sunday school
class, of which they are members, will
entertain at the home Of Mrs. Yielding
ON Highland avenue.
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MRS, BRICE no ENTER.
TAIN AT BRIDGE

Mrs. Huston Brice win be hostess
Thursday morning when she is enter
tanning with a bridge luncheon at her
apartment, complimenting Miss Annie
Bars Of Jacksonville, Fla, the guest
of Mrs. Harry Early.
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MRS. BROWN HONORS
MISS SI4ADE, GRADUATE

Mrs. Charles Brown entertained Sat
urday with an informal luncheon at her
home, scomplimenting Miss Mary Slade,
who will graduate from Phillips High
school this year.
The table was attractive in the high
school colors Of crimson and white, and
the guests were Miss Mary Slade, Miss
Loretta Slade, Miss Ruth Reed, Miss
Eugenia Evans, Miss Helen Strong,
Miss Eula Martin and Miss Lois Bur.
dette,
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Here's cooking expert who says to
use imagination in your cooking"
".Um And what is this, my dear?'
veal potpie."
"Uh. Imagination in the eating will
do no harm.'-Louisvill Courier
Journal.
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Receiving With
Miss L ardy
Saturday

Beautiful invitations have been re-.
ceiyed reading:
Miss Annie Southerlin Tardy, at
home, Saturday, May 81, Nineteen
twenty-four, from four to 6 o'clock, to
meet Miss Annie Lee and Miss Lillian
Tardy Rose.
Miss Rose is a cousin Of Miss Tardy
and win arrive Friday from her home
IN Tuscaloosa to be her guest for sew
eral days before going to Memphis,
Miss Lee is a popular bride-to-be Of
June 2.
Assisting the hostess and honorees in
receiving the guests win be Mrs. @. NJ.
Tardy, Mrs. s. w. Lee, Miss Cecile
Greene, Miss Olivia Robinson, Miss
Cary johnson, Miss Myra Belle Pope,
Miss Hettie SibIey, Miss Rose Rob-
erts, Miss Emily Williams, Mrs, w. K.
Dean, Mrs. w. A. Rose of Tuscaloosa !;
Mrs. s. Y. Caldwell, Mrs. William Walk
er, Mrs. Alfred Dupree, Mrs. Lee
Bradley, Jr., Mrs. James Lee and Mrs.
j. U. Allen.
MISS FEARN COMPLIMENTS
MISS DANIEL, BRIDE-ELECT
Miss Margaret Fearn entertained
Saturday afternoon at her home with
a. bridge shower, complimenting a
charming bride of June, Miss Eleanor
Daniel.
Included in this courtesy were Miss
Daniel, Miss Annie Hood CouIbourn,
Miss Edith Mabry, Miss Mary Byron
Frazier, Miss Mable Kennedy, Mrs. Tim
Durrett, Mrs. Charles Dore, Miss
Gladys Chatlington, Miss Elizabeth
Parker, Miss Emily Williams, Miss
Katherine Bryant, Miss Louis Gains,
Miss Dorothy Dryer, Miss Della Dryer,
Miss Elizabeth Tanner, Mrs. James p.
Woodson, Mrs. Claude Morton, Miss
Rebecca Jones, Miss Tracy Steele, Miss
Elizabeth Smith, Miss Sarah Porter,
Miss Carol McCary, Miss Malvina Cole
man, Miss Josephine Harris, Miss An
ME Tart Perry, Miss Martha Feltus
and Miss Lillian Fearn.