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Evening star., 1924-10-29

Q. How did the term Charley
horse" originate?-F. w.
A. MY Thirty Years in Base Ball"
by John ]. McGraw, says: THE words
charley. horse originated from the
old name given to the family horse,
| usually lame or broken down in the
| legs some way. Those family horses
were called Charley horses. So, when
| ball players got tied up in the mus
cles OF their legs they were referred
to as Charley horses. In time this
name was applied to the ailment it.
| self"
| Q. What is the weight of a com =
mon adult house fiy?-W. w. c.
| A. The ordinary adult house 1y
weights about 4 grain
Q. To what extent does a radio
| antenna afford protection against
| lightning? Does a properly installed
| lightning rod system protect a house
against strokes of lightning-W. T.
| A. The Bureau of Standards states
| that a radio antenna, if grounded, or
| provided with lightning arrester
| has some of the properties of a light
ming rod, but, as commonly installed
| has these properties in such limited
| degrees that it is not TO be regarded
| as effective protection against light
! of its relatively small size, it does
not appreciabIy increase the posi-
| bility of o direct stroke A modern
| lightning rod system, however, is de-
signed and installed with a view of
protecting against direct strokes, and
| when this is properly done. high
degree OF protection is obtained.
Many lightning rods in actual use
are not properly installed, and it is
n fhISa hl iSn1
age to rodded buildings are usually
| traced.
Q. VIII sitting in a draft give a
person a coId.-C. g
A. The Public Health Service saws
sitting in draft does not produce
cold, but the chilling of the body
| which the draft produces lowers the
powers of resistance. Germs which
| hitherto We're harmless then produce
| their disastrous effects.
Q. Is there a law or ruling that
goods manufactured here must be
| stamped Made in the United States ?
| &C. D. s.
A This is not a domestic require
| ment It's use by manufacturers IS
usually the result of requirements on
! the part of certain countries that
merchandise imported should bear
| some mark of the country of origin.
Q. What product was used in the
place of money in colonial times
when there was such a scarcity Of
money! II. F.
A Tobacco of the southern colo
| nies was the product most employed
| in the place of coined money. For
| several years nearly all the business
of that colony, both domestic and
foreign, was carried on by means Of
| tobacco, until the enormous produc-
tion of the plant made restriction
on its use az money necessary. Pow
der and bullets We're also used as
| money throughout the colonies. in
some of which the legal tender of
bullets in payments was limited to
a small number. In New England col
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Charity Saves Many.
Magnitude of U. S. Relief Worl
in Russian Armenia.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
My visit to Russian Armenia has
fully confirmed my previous impress
sion of the magnitude and Importance
of American relief work in that corner
of the world. Our charity there has
not only saved thousands of lives; it is
actually building new type of ma
tionaI life
The traveller need but compare ar
old Armenian village with Near East
Relief orphanage. In the former life
is found in its primitive form there is
no home life, no idea of order. cleanli-
ness, sanitation, conveniences; the
whole life for centuries has been
stunted by constant menace of war and
massacre; there has been no incentive
to progress, the people are not touche ed
by modern ideas. In the American
orphanages is security, order, cleanli-
ness new and better methods of keep
ing house and tilling soil; above all, the
spirit of cooperation. friendliness,
service is making a profound impress
sion upon thousands of children.
Children trained in these agricul-
tural and industrial orphanage schools.
when absorbed in the national life, will
be builders of a new Armenia They
have seen not only the outer comforts
of life; they have been touched by a
new spirit; life has new meaning for
them.
The spirit of service is the driving
power among the American workers.
They are a fine lot of men and women.
whole-souled. devoted, jolly and happy
in their work. This American attitude
of service is puzzle to all the peoples
of that part of the world. Turks. Rus
slams, Tartars and the rest. They see
the hard work Americans are doing;
they see also our good cheer and
happiness They know that behind our
little band of workers stand millions
of Americans giving freely of their
money. Why? What do we want?
What are we after?
For the first time in the history of
these nations. they see representatives
of another nation working, spending,
facing difficulties with a smile-not to
exploit a weaker nation but to help
it get stronger and better. For no
ulterior motive, but in spirit of un-
selfish service, America throughout the
Near East is giving an object lesson
in the spirit of the Golden Rule, in
religious Observation-Disclosures and CO.
operation. 1t seems incomprehensible
to people used to religious bigotry,
narrowness, hatreds, national selfish
ness and enmity. But it is bound to be
the most potent factor in their future
development. JOHN L. NEULSEN.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Motorists have long since been
warned Of the necessity of full venti-
lation of garages to prevent carbon
monoxid poisoning, and it is believed
that all who use gasoline as a motor
fuel are aware Of this peril. The in
PRODUCTION of a new compound, how
ever, has the disadvantage of strange.
ness, and it is certainly due to all
possible users that it should be freed
from any question on the score of
safety. Announcement is made that
the manufacture has been suspended
and doubtless scrupulous care will be
taken in research to determine the
possibility of evil effects, either in the
making or in the use of this acces.
sorry fuel
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Plea for Dogwood.
Writer Also Urges Conservation
of Holly.
To the Editor ofThe Star

To the Editor OF The Star:
1t is not only in the Spring we
should plead for the glorious dog
wood, but in the Fall as well. when
1t holds large place in the beauty
of Autumn landscapes, and each twig
Is covered with velvety buds, which
hold next years leaves and flowers
already wrapped and ready for
Spring delivery.
When strolling through Autumn
woods, where brown leaves crunch
under foot and bright colors greet us
from every side, it is the dogwood
we find the most interesting of all
shrubs. For not only is 1T thing
of beauty, in the Springtime, when it's
beautiful blossoms make gay every
woodland vista, fence line and door
way, but in October it's beauty calls
us to worship at it's feet. The first
frosts paint the leaves a brilliant
crimson; when the October sunlight
plays on them, every shade of red
may be seen, from a yellow-red to
fall the tree is found to be laden
with bright, red oblong berries. in
clusters of five to nine. Close obser-
walton of the twigs brings the great
thrill, for they are covered with
artistic leaf scars and. not only next
years leaf buds among the berries,
but large gray fiat top flower buds
all wrapped in their Winter furs, to
protect them through the icy
months, ready to cast them off at
the first signs of Spring, and to bios
fairy loveliness again.
How broken the dogwood shrubs
are around our beautiful city, when
thoughtless beauty seekers crowd our
woods and fields and try to carry
away the loveliness they find there. l
feel the public is realizing more and
more to pick flowers is to destroy
them, not only them, but their kind.
They are realizing the greater beauty
of the Wild flowers and shrubs in
uneIr naunts. The flower in its ma
tive haunt is a part of natures land
scape, a tint on natures palette, not
not touch them without their shrink
ing from us, as in the case of the
dogwood blossoms, is it not best we
leave them where they grow?
If dogwood is as recklessly broken
in the future as in the past, it will
soon be as scarce as the American
holly-one of the glories of Winter
woods.
In forests everywhere holly grew
plentifully, but it has been broken
and cut down without discrimination,
stripped of it's branches and the
trunk left to rot for SO many years
and used for decorations at Christ
mas that 1t seriously threatens the
supply. For no methods are being
used for its protection or renewal.
1t is the rarest thing to come upon
a fresh green holly tree full of bright
red berries even in the densest
thickets. that. is not broken and
nearly destroyed.
How seldom we see the vine Of
the bittersweet that used to illumi-
nate the wayside thicket with the
vivid coIorIng of It's fruit every
Autumn. u has been so recklessly
torn down and carried away that
u. too. will soon be a beauty of the
past,
Isst's make this a hoiiy.iess Christ.
mas and give the holly tree q chance.
lea wing the wayside meadows and
weeds a. zee md them,
MiNNiE L. bRi0aA
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Whether an idea Is a good one
often depends upon the boss golf
scores on the previous afternoon
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
Rufe Hoskins says some people
enjoy their leisure, but others insist
on taking a kodak on their trip
Oklahoma City Times.
Decision by beauty specialists that
mental vigor makes hair luxuriant
should set bald headed men to think
ing.-Rochester Herald.
It's "A wise young doctor who set
ties down near a railroad crossing
Illinois State Journal.
Our memory goes back to the time
when. ~ there were boys In the fam
iiy no one was ever hired to do any
wcvk arouna the yard.--ohio state
Journal
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Wanted: Pedestrian Cooperation

Some days ago d prudent alteration
WIS made in the practice of traffic
regulation which, if it was TO be effec-
tive in bettering conditions, called for
the sincere cooperation OF traffic Off
GERS, motorists and pedestrians.
To-day traffic officers and motorists
arc, as d rule, doing their best TO carry
out the spirit of the new warning
and interval" regulation. And their
efforts are, i'm a measure, being frus-
trated by the thoughtlessness or selfish
Indifference of many local pedestrians
to the interests of the community as
whole.
The purpose of the new system of
traffic control is TO expedite and render
safe both vehicular and foot traffic on
the streets of Washington. Under it a
whistle is blown as a warning that the
direction Of traffic is about to be
changed at Il street intersection. This
warning is followed by an interval of
sufficient length to permit moving
vehicles and pedestrians to get out of
the way before the actual shift is
made.
nder this system il becomes the
obligation of the pedestrian to move
only with the flow of vehicular traffic
at street intersections, and to stay out
of the path of motors which the warn
ing whistle has notified "get ready to
move fOrward"'
The sidewalks of Washington are
exclusively the thoroughfares Of pedes-
trianS. The cross walks at street in
tersections are thoroughfares in which
pedestrians and motorists have a com
hined interest. The cross walks which
parallel the flow of traffic in motion
are for the time part of the pedestrian
thorouShfares until the sounding of
tn" warning whistle. and motorists
making right-hand turn across ST h
lines must bear that fact in mind.
The cross walks across which motor
traffic is moving by direction of a traf-
fic officer are for the time part of the
motor thorCushfares, and pedestrians.
bearing that fact in mind. venture
upon them at their peril. The cross
walk across which the officers warn
Ing whistle announces he is about to
release traffic becomes from the sound
ing of that whistle part of the motor
thoroughfares, and pedestrians stay
on or venture on them at their peril
If those who walk in Washington
cannot by admonition and warning be
brought to a realization of their re-
sponsihilitieS to community interests:
II they should persist in selfish disre-
gard of the rights Of others to impede
the smooth flow of traffic, regulations
or laws should be promulgated which
will render them as liable to legal dis
cipline as is the local motorist But
such regulation should be wholly un-
necessary. As matters stand today re-
sponsibility for the success or failure
of fair and wise effort to improve
local traffic conditions rests squarely
upon the shoulders Of class of our
citizens who, being the weakest, the
least protected, the most liable to seri-
Gus injury in collision. have long
been demanding better traffic condi-
tons. They may confidently be ex-
peCted to cooperate heartily and
promptly in self-protection as well as
in the community interest to make a
success of this practical plan of traf-
fic conditions betterment
Evening star., 1924-10-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
In Moderation.

! like the little jazzy tune
That ripples through the air
l like the nanny songs that croo
Their measures everywhere.
1 like the pretty revue show,
Zen though its talk is rough;
1 like them all. And yet I know
When l have had enough.
In striving for a temperate life
Our joys we must curtail.
like the busy campaign strife
Where words can never fail.
1 like statistics as they flow
Through problems rather tough;
Yet Slumber calls me-for I know
When 1 Have Had Enough!
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Early Indication,

do you think your boy Josh has
the making Of an agriculturist?
Shouldn't be surprised" answered
Farmer Corntossel. Hes already be-
ginning to expect continuous SYM
pathy on account CT financial short
age"
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Right With Him.

WAS your audience with you
strictly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. "a number of my hearers were
so profoundly moved that they fol-
lowed me with threatening gestures
clear to the train
Evening star., 1924-10-29

While not being in any sense a gam.
bier for money, Robert NJ. La Toilette
appreciates the fact that the odds
never show SO reliably how the race
use running it.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Economists of various nations are
set Germany up in business as u com
petitor without some reliable system
of price fixing.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Theories regarding a possible .elec
ton deadlock indicate a belief in
Nebraska that no statesman was ever
in line for such rapid promotion as
may come to Gov. Bryan.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Careful study of the election proph-
ectes creates d slightly confused i'm
preston that in number of States d
particular candidate is sure to win, un-
less one of the other two candidates
secures enough votes to prevent it.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

II is admitted by many critics that
Broadway musical comedies are in
ferior to those Of London. But as a
tactful guest, Lord Renfrew would
hardly dare say so.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

The ultimate effects of d piece of
legislation are not always foreseen. No
one suspected that the income tax
would result in so much entertaining
material for the village gossip.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
The Wilderness.

"a lodge in some vast wilderness"'
A poet warbled sadly.
And maybe after all, his guess
Will not turn out so badly.
With housing problems under way
That spot he mentions sweetly,
Perhaps he'll subdivide some day
And clean up rather neatly.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Election day is near enough to pre-
vent any orator from expecting that
results can be changed by his remarks.
The oratory goes on in Difference to
custom.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

day not avert a catastrophe by the
giving OF "A clear-cut decision In the
electoral college. we can look back
with better grace To the many In
terestinE phases OF the campaign. n
not, there will be 40 much trouble for
tho future that no one will give
thought 10 the past
Evening star., 1924-10-29

No forecaster is able to state con-
fidently whether the feeling in certain
territory is one of apathy or silent
suspense.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

There are European conditions that
sending out fashion announcements
and Germany is preparing to supply
large demand for Christmas toys.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Feminine successes in American
politics may suggest to Lady Astor
that she might have found as interest
ing field for her talents if she had
remained over here.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Russian sovietists, as they seek
diplomatic relations, get further every
year from the policies they originally
advocated.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

The United States Treasury con-
science fund continues to receive re-
mittances. but in nothing like the
amounts that might be expected from
tax -dodging bootleggers.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

The number Of once fluent speakers
who have adopted the idea of silent
craftsmanship is remarkable.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Japan may yet feel it necessary to
send enough troops to China to re.
organize the country and render its
resources helpful in an emergency.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Even the novelty OF campaign
wears off, and several Senators are
yearning to be back at the old investi-
cation grind.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

1t is seldom that a political discus
sion has been so successful in making
statistics thoroughly interesting.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
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Evening star., 1924-10-29

There is not any encouragement for
mud throwing, although there is an
inclination to stir up the slush.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Pride Of wealth ceases when income
tax publicity is seriously suggested.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

Jud Tunkins says he belongs to SO
many societies that stayin' home once
seems like night off.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Patience!

To speeches listen each day.
yawn. but don't 20 away.
For he keeps going
With sentences flowing.
Hell surely md something to say.
no many folks is iookin' fob
homes" said Uncle Ehen. DAT q looks
like aar ws.nt nsbi~s sinessv be ne
closed season fuh ~ hsuss hunter"
Evening star., 1924-10-29
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Evening star., 1924-10-29

A striking feature of the campaign
for election as it proceeded was the
apparent failure of the oil scandals
to attract attention as a vital issue
as they were expected by the Demo-
Gratis to arouse.
They were duly played up, but the
trouble was they had been overplay-
ed by the time the game opened and
the people failed to respond.
The Republicans had much better
luck with one made for them by
Senator La Toilette, the attack on
the Supreme Court. The voters fell
upon that with avidity and seemed
to understand it. The Republican
campaigners handled it and the vote
next Tuesday will show whether it
was understood or not.
For their part, the Republicans ex-
pected that John w. Davis previous
employment by the Morgan interests
would be a handicap to him, but no
body paid much attention to II so as
you could notice IL. IL not that a
good sign OF popular poise and sane
thinking7
If the guardian angel W. are won't
to describe - presiding over this
devoted iaaa viii only continue its
bonefiesnt overlordship ana On Tues
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-20
Prince of Wales
Learns Heap Of
New Stunts
ny United Press Leased Wire

SYOSSET, l.. l., Sept, 20.-Dis-
appointed at the showing made by
the British horseman in the inter
national polo matches, the Pince OF
Wales prepared today to run the
gamut of his few social obligations
and depart for Canada on Sunday.
Although the polo games which at
tracted his royal highness to the sta
tes was a failure from the British
viewpoint. Wales has had "no end
of good time" and learned lot
of quaint american customs.
The prince has beaten a snare
drum at gay all night party; been
shaved by Long Island barber,
climbed the Woolworth tower, rid
den in the subway, won $640 on a
horse race, received u "shiner at
polo and fox trotted with 1887 dub
utantes and matrons. He has aver
aged Az hours of sleep per morning
and given an autographed photo
graph of himself for the benefit of
the Syosset fire department.
And he returns to British soil ap-
parently wholehearted-at least
with no american bride in the off
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-20

nouncement today by the girls
mother, who has taken town house
at 426 South Catalina Street, Los
Angeles. Many California notables
will attend.
IT looked all over for that red
headed girl, after the Indianapolis
race" the Studebaker star explained
to friends. But / couldn't find her.
And then I went to race in Altoona,
Pa, and Kansas City-and still |
couldn't get her out of my mind"
Crash! They Meet Again
Ten days ago Cooper was driving
west on Seventh Street, near Grand
Avenue, Los Angeles. Crashl His
wheels locked with those of shiny
grey coupe. A girl leaned out of the
window. She was red-headed, pretty
and Irish! 90, she bawled him
out proper.
'Is this the first time you ever
drove a carp" she said, biting off
the words. eff you hadn't been
driving so slow, you wouldn't have
hit me. Why don't you take some
driving lessons, young MANI"
Cooper, race veteran of fourteen
years, who has faced death at
terrific speed in more than 1000
gruelling contests, grinned sheep
ishly. And then-suddenly, he caught
the CLINT of sun on auburn hair.
Swiftly he pulled over to the curb.
1t was his Indianapolis dream girl.
Excuse me, ma'am," he stutter-
ed. "I'm just learning to drive
won't you teach me. Please?"
And he gave her his card. The
red-headed girl gasped, looked again
at earl Cooper. Studehaker Sne-
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-20

such as are to be encountered in
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and other Northern cities are un-
known in Florida. The state is so
narrow that sea hreezes sweep
across it continually, and no resi-.
dent of the state lives beyond the
cooling influence of a breeze just
off the Atlantic or Gulf. A tenn
perature equallized in eater ar3
air renders ocean bathing delight
full. A survey in temperature shows
that the difference u mean tenn
perature in summer and winter is
seldom more than ten degrees.
The wet bulb thermometer shows
that the actual degree cf heat is
from three to five degrees less
than is recorded Oil the regular
thermometer. This is due tc the
evaporation accelerated by the
never dying sea breezes prevailing
along the Atlantic Coast"
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-20
WEEK OF GAMES
WILL TELL TALE
SAYS M'KECHNlE
BY BILL McKECHNIE
Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirate

4'AoAoSOA Va ohO AAo"o0oASA AA"0Si
NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-The tale
will be told within a week.
The Pirates start today in series
Of six games against Brooklyn and
New York that not only will decide
what is to become of the Pittsburgh
club in the race but may have much
to do with the deciding of the pen
nant..
have no regrets to offer as to
the present position of the Pirates
in the pennant race. We have
lot of good baseball and have been
guilty of some games that were not
so good. The club has been well up
in the race all season. The Brook
lyn club had one advantage in avoid
ing the worry of the early months
that the other contending teams
had to shoulder.
Our club is in fine shape now and
we are ready to make what per-
haps will be our last bid for the
championship in the coming six
games. 1 have no predictions to
make on what we will do against
the Brooklyn and New York clubs,
but we have done very well under
pressure in other critical series
earlier in the season.
Brooklyn has some fine pitchers
but we are fairly well fixed our
selves. y