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PEWTER MARK
Of POWER IN
COLONIES
Wealthy of the Period, Just
Getting Over Wooden Plat
tiers, Made Much of It

The most brilliant and accom-.
plished Virginia gentleman Of his
time laid it down as a maxim, in
1928, that ''pewter bright" was the
mark of good housewife. and the
same standard was accepted in New
England. which accounts for the
fact that pewter to this day is held
in high esteem by those who know
a good thing.
Indeed, the colonial period might
be called the pewter age. Pewter
vas getting the better of wooden
ware when America was settled, and
it was yielding to porcelain at the
era of American independence.
The first colonists in many cases
used great wooden platters to serve
meals in. Their plates were some
times mere square blocks of wood,
but some of these were rounded into
form on the lathe. The trade of
dish-turning may be found in New
Jersey as late as 1875. But from
the first planting Of the colonies
well-to-do people affected pewter,
and an ample collection of this ware
was a sign of prosperity. All kinds
OF household vessels, even bottles,
were made of pewter. People drank
from "cans" or mugs of pewter,
glass or silver; they ate their por-
ridge and their Indian mush from
small bowl-shaped pewter porting
ers, which, like the cans, had ham
dies. From pewter plates or wooden
trenchers the first corners ate with
out forks. There were spoons of
pewter, or better of a mixed metal
called "alchymy," but fingers were
much more serviceable at the table
then than now.
1t was characteristic of the sew
enteenth century, that, along with
q rather scant assortment of arti-
cles necessary and convenient, there
should be many things whose chief
use was display. A considerable
part of the estate of a well-to.do
family was invested in household
plate; partly. perhaps, because Sc
cure investments for capital were
rot easy to find.
In the house of a leading man,
All ample reserve of silverware stood
always ready to outshine on state
occasions the FURNISHED pewter of
everyday life. The incoming of tea
and coffee opened a new field for
the silversmith in the eighteenth
century. To silver tankards, beak-
ers, and double.hand cups for
stronger liquors there were added
tea-service of silver and even gold.
With the new "china drink" came
china cups and Saucers, and from
that moment porcelain began to
threaten the reign of pewter, which,
however. gave ground but slowly
The early teacups contained about
gill; the teapot was little globu-
lar vessel holding about a pint.
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Sometimes, by way of extra finery,
the pretty china teapot had its noz.
z!e tipped off with silver.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times., 1924-07-14
RIVERS ARE NEEDED
FOR BIG POWER PLANTS

There is an excellent reason why
electric service companies build
their steam-driven generating sta
tons on the shore of a river. lake,
bay or harbor. For every pound
of coal burned in the furnaces of
such stations. nearly a half ton
of water is needed to condense the
steam produced, after it has passed
through the turbine which turns
the electric dynamo.
At one such steam-operated cleo.
trio generating station in the South
all of the water of a sizable river
is diverted from the river bed
and passes over the condensing
pipes of the plants boilers.
The Washington times., 1924-07-14
Animal Is Born With
Rabbits Nature
And Cats Head

BOONSBORO, Md, July IA
This town, which recently pro-
duced a freak calf, which was
born without a tail, now comes
forward with another and more
peculiar freak of nature, which
is a cross between a rabbit and
a cat and is known as a "rab-
cat"
1t was born several days ago
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar j. Morgan. The animal
has the head of a cat, cushioned
feet with claws like a cat. The
rear part Of it's body is that of
a rabbit with long legs and a
cotton tail.
Instead of running like Il cat,
the animal jumps around like a
rabbit. 1t will be sent to the
Geological Park in Washington.
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anesthetic could be given to him
because Of a poor heart condition
and spinal anesthesia was resorted
to instead.
Gross was forced to undergo the
operation because gangrene had
attacked the leg. The use of spinal
anaesthesia for such an operation
and the patients speedy recovery
are both unusual in hospital prac.
tice
The Washington times., 1924-07-14

Buy the best oil
but buy it by name,
and the name is
" Stdnddrd' POLdrine
The Washington times., 1924-07-14
SHIP STEERED AROUND
WORLD BY ELECTRICITY

The S. S. President Adams of the
Dollar Steamship Line has just COM
pleted a cruise around the world
without human hands steering the
ship. Metal Mike" the automatic
electric quartermaster, did the work.
The President Adams sailed from
New York February and covered d
distance of 1858 miles in seventy
elght days. Due to the efficient way
IN which the Metal Mike" steered
the ship the saving in fuel was ap-
proximately 3h per cent.
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ELECTRIC ESCALAT0RS
IN LONDON'S TUBE

Three electric motor-driven esca-
lators have been installed in the
Bank of England station of Lon
don's famous "Tuppenny Tube" sub
way system.
These replace five elevators OF
lifts" as the Britisher calls them.
Each escalator is driven by a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES electric motor
at a speed of ninety feet a minute
and can carry 5000 passengers an
hour.
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HOW YOU MUST DRIVE
WHEN IN NEW YORK

In New York city the require.
ment is that a car going at ten
miles an hour must be able to
stop within nine feet, fifteen miles
an hour, within twenty feet:
twenty miles an hour, within
thirty-seven feet, and twenty-five
miles an hour, within fifty-eight
feet. If the two-wheel brake cars
are in good working order it is
usually possible to meet these re-
quirements.
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MAN, 65, LEG SEVERED.
SIPS COFFEE Soon AFTER

NEW YORK, July 14.-Within
three-quarters of an hour after he
had submitted to an amputation
of one of his legs at st. Marks
Hospital, Lewis Gross was suffi.
GENTLY recovered to drink a cup of
coffee.
Gross is sixty-five No general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-11
To q Canary
q III COCIRAN

What are you. chirpin' for. little
canary? Why are you feenn' so
gay? Hoppin' around, you are quiet
for nary a minute throughout the
whole day
Almost defenseless and frail as
can be, ana yet you live on through
the years. Often. it seems, you're
a puzzle to me. Why IS 1t your at
titude cheers?
Shrill little voice with it's MARBLE
so loud cheers everybody a bit
Maybe It's true, you have cause to
be proud and reason to eing as you
fit,
Folks stand and watch you but
miss the real tip as you're merrily
singing all day. Right into song
land you give them a trip but the
benefit passes away.
Robbed of your freedom and held
in a cage never to answer flights
call. Yet you are calm and ne'er
fly in a rage and you sing on in
spite of It all.
There. Is the lesson that folks
ought to know. You can't always
have the best breaks. But man can
keep happiness ever aglow If the
right sort of angle he takes.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service. Inc)
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OWNERS OF THE u. S.

lot long ago United Bureau after long
IN study estimated that the United States of America lock-
stock and barrel worth approximately $300000000000
This naturally caused lot of speculation who owned
lion share of that huge wealth. and writer for the Ma
business official of the United States Chamber of
Commerce. interview bank economists and other
thortes the subject.
He finally found in New York mining engineer named
Walter s. ngas who had been studying the distribution Of
years whom other economists thought know
than any other the ownership of the vast wealth
of the United States.
Ingas differs with the popular conception that compare
lively rich and the bulk of the wealth Of
the country.
They don't says Ingals claims that the farmers
the biggest block of the United States The value of their hold
ng in lands buildings implements and live stock he
Inmates $750O0O00O0O oneourth of the wealth of the
country.
OF of this is mortgagd, and many of the
mortgages held by ngas comedies but he claims
that this than offset by the value of automobiles radio
SETS sewing machines cash and other personal possessions of
farmers, items which he has way of calculating.
The next biggest group Of property in the United
States according ingalls, the corporations and the bust
estimates their holdings $53190O0000
The biggest single item this wealth IS railroad property,
worth $25500000000 while steel and iron manufactures
worth 155O0OOOO00 electric light and power plants
third in Ingals' list, with $4O58 100000
Ingas thinks of wealth of the United States
but 80 per is the hands Of the rich The
he says is distributed laborers, small of
property and farmers whom Ingas calls capitalists and lab
orers boiled into one.
Ingals studies the distribution Of wealth disagreed
with by W Jet Lauck and other experts wealth
different school Of thought but his figures worth
while because try put this staggering
conception of national riches into that ordinary folks
understand If they try improve Ingas figures
Lauck and of his school may make this subject
understandable to the layman.
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came over in the Nayflower. or Of
patriots who fought in the War Of
the Revolution. along with many
other sons and daughters Of sorne-
body or something, get a thrill out
Of our American form Of ancestor
worship, but no mans ancestors,
however great, are any guarantee of
his own manhood, not in a republic
where every tub is supposed so stand
on It's own bottom.
People Approve
Undoubtedly President Coondge's
attitude in this matter is Usappoint-
ing to all who would be sure Of in
wtations TO an inaugural ball. but 1t
won't make anybody else unhappy.
The people generally Will approve of
It as a practical demonstration of
common sense that Will serve as q
setback for American snobs who
would Ike to build around the presi-
dency and exclusive social court.
Inaugural ceremonies that include
a ride from the White House to the
Capitol IS something quite different.
No invitation need be issued for that.
The streets are free and everybody
can take a look That's democratic.
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emory

I " elderly man-believed to be
"A an amnesia victim as a result
l. of traffic accidents in
city hospital. His name-he thinks
is Frank Tyner. The rest is fog.
Which police haven't penetrated
Every once in while an amnosia
victim wandering from nowhere to
nowhere turns up.
Charlotte Norris-the mystery girl
in a Chicago hospital--now attracts
Nationwide attention. Her identity
remains unsolved. And she can't aid
Her memory is blank.
Memory IS one Of tho most i'm
portant faculties Of mind. But it's
treacherous faculty. A knock on
the head, or a visit to the grand
jury, and It's gone.
1t also constantly plays mean
tricks For It industriously sorts
over and dusts of the rubbish
brought in, but discards valuable
facts.
People recall inconsequential Incl
dents of distant childhood. but for
get 10 keep Joyful engagements with
dentists. They curse their memories
for It's faulty performance.
Memory is hard to 1.-Two with. But
awful to live without. For It an
things. without 1t an individual be-
comes n rudderless ship-just drift
ing down the tide
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Is replacing ali manual-operated
lines with the dial system in which
The telephone user dials a number
and obtains an automatic connection.
It's a lot Of trouble FOR everybody.
but too much trouble for Morgan.
He positively refused to use the dial
system and the phone company had
to lay special Inc for him so that
he could connect through an old
fashioned exchange.
Don't laugh at this item. And
don't read It to the children. The
Salvation Army viii not have Santa
Clauses taking UP Christmas collec-
tons for the poor here this year.
The work viii be done by lassies in
uniform. The Salvationists needed
so many men to play the role Of
Santa in previous years that men
outside the organization were hired
And It was found that many OF
these men knocked down" part Of
their collections.
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Science

In the last twenty-five years man
has greatly increased his length of
life. lie has managed to eliminate
or control many Of the diseases that
formerly made the average length
Of life but thirty-five years and made
most persons old at 40.
Today. doctors are paying close
attention to the condition of people
at SO It Is at this period, on the
average. that people need to pay
the most attention to diet and other
matters affecting general health.
Man. generally, Is a glutton. He
acquires certain habits of eating
that 1t is difficult for him to forego
at so. In most cases, however, it is
essential that he change or modify
them. Digestive processes do not
work the same at so as at 80 or 40.
One food specialist says that a man
at so should eat 80 per cent less food
than at 40, and that for every five
years thereafter ne should take off
10 per cent until he reaches so or
go per cent reduction. In any such
course. the quality Of the food and
the matter of well-balanced meals
also must be considered.
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Give LIS -FOUR totteE Nttd Apf "a
dirty old crook " 10 refuses ~ raise
a mans pay. beginning With b.
What. In three letters, will man
tell his wife when his gets home very
late at night?
How old WAS who in three letters
beginning with a. and ending with
M"
What IS il that why does it cross
the road? Seven lrtlers First nEe
If the lettor7 are "chick
who Is It that when he was pup.
in six letters, beginning with he"
and ending with "r2'
Here's "a double one. Who just
fiddled around while what burned?
Both words In four lotters.
who crossed the Delaware IN ten
letters and an open boat and was
the father Of his countryT
Washington was the father Of his
country. but who rs it's rich uncle In
four letters ana makes flivvers for q
living?
What does ono chew when one de-
sires to refrain from kissing a girl?
Seven letters. begins with "toba.
What does ono usually have when
one thinks ono has hckker? Six let
ters Begins with poi"
who is IT that we know isn't
Santa Claus and cracks his shin on a
chair in the dark and cusses? SIX
letters.
What does an amateur carver
make Of the turkey Christmas lay
Instead Of the day after. Four let.
ters Begins has" Ends In IN "
What, in one letter does the mail
man bring that makes you cuss2
That's too hard. The answer is
bill"
Why is it n woman always does
v hat she does2 Seven letters. Re
gins with "be" and ends with
cause"
Where ia it we wish crossword
puzzle makers were with n life sen
tenCe in four letters. Begins with
"jai"
What's more fun doing than
working crossword puzzles? Seven
letters. Begins with loaf" and ends
IN ing"
Who lives In Florida and won't be
our next President? Five letters.
Begins "Bry" and ends with AN"
What kind Of puzzle workers are
out of the asylum because the asy-
lum is too small? Nine letters.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
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DOES have pass examination become president
LII of universy More particularly does have prove
read before become president Of the University
of Pennsylvania
The present president that large institution is Joseph
H. Pennman He has less education
Of thousands of young and women.
The other day he made speed before meeting called
organize propaganda against the chdrens amendment
depored the lack Of interest public affairs by the
citizen and suggested that probably few actually
the proposed twentieth amendment If people would read
it. he said they would know that provides person
under Is may work!'
The only charitable deduction fantastic statement
by DR. Penniman that he himself he read not read
the amendment he read he only the weird
Misrepresentation of the twentieth amendment with which the
country is being flooded
The president of the University of Pennsylvania if he can
read really should read the twentieth amendment his edu
cation has progressed that point should also read the
Endorsement OF the principle underlying the amendment by
Presidents Wilson and Harding the Endorsement Of This
very amendment itself by President Coolidge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-11
In Ne7O York
BY JAMES ". DEAN

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-Seh-de-
termination is achieved as fully as
it IS possible TO achieve it. where
more than one person lives. in the
home of Haywood Broun, the col
umnist and critic. That his wife
retains her maiden name OF Ruth
Hale is generally known That
Haywood III. the 6-year-old son, Is a
power and lord unto himself IS not
so generally known. The little
shaver has his own apartment. con
sisting Of a bedroom, parlor and
bath. Outside his door IS n knocker.
and If the elder Haywood or Ruth
desires TO enter. they knock first
And it's the boys privilege to say:
Go away and don't bother me-" IL
he doesn't care to intruded upon.
ssa
In q "soft-drink parlor'' on Seventh
Ave. in Greenwich Village there
hangs q picture of John Maseneld.
England's great poet. 1t was hung
there when the place was a saloon,
commemorative the fact that Mase-
and mopped the floors.
A beauty parlor at the upper end
Of Times Square now keeps open IN
til midnight. Prices Of the various
services are advanced after S O'Clock
Women stop IN after the theater to
have fresh wave before going to
a midnight supper and dance. And
show girls who become disheveled
during the performance go there to
be dolled up before stepping out for
the night.
]. p. Morgan has a way Of having
his way. even in very small things
The New York Telephone Company
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~ IAA1oNJAN
And probably bogus solicitors
harm themselves more than those on
whom they prey For the giver
feels a momentary glow for his gen
crosby that is worth the money
But it's an imposition on the
agencies whose names are taken In
vain by private beegars. And
should be discouraged The only way
Is to make the graft Improbable
for the impostors.
Sweet charity is e beautiful. ap-
pealinr girl. But hard-bolled char
ity does more u tidy up the mu-
nicipal household
1t isn't etiquette to look n gift
horse in the mouth. But IT'S correct
with stray solicitors for charity
to look their credentials in the eye.
And hook q safety pin on ones lib
eral instincts.
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Tongue Tips

Prof Smaller Matthews, Chicago:
zone hundred years ago It was a
much simpler matter to be right.
to be moral, to be a Christian than
1t is today. But progress
is apt to be BIT rough"
DR.. Payson Smith. educator, Mas
sachusetts: 81 do not regard the
actions Of the young people Of to-
day as degenerate or presaging the
end of the world
The Rev. r. Rutherford. Kansas
City: mo nations progress can
go beyond the ideals of its home
life
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Ample Reason

Young Harold was late for Sunday
school, and the minister inquired the
cause.
Il was going fishing, but father
wouldn't let me-"
That's the right kind Of father
to have. Did he explain the reason
why he did not let you go?"
Yes, sir. He said there WASH
bait enough for two. Open Road.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
Solicitors
BY GAYLORD NELSON

{ - HE Salvation Army warns
the public that It has no so
- hcitors out collecting funds
for it's Christmas activities. The
Veterans Of Foreign Wars took SINH
lar action.
For this is the season when the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-11

petty CRATER poses
az n solicitor for a
legitimate organize
ton and touches
the pocketbooks Of
generous individ-
uals-in the name
Of charity.
Tho pauhandler
thrives easily al
ways. For peoples
hearts are readily
touched. Particu-
larly during the
holiday season.
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It has been said by an ancient
philosopher. and 1t has been re
peated many times since, that there
are only two great force that de-
stroy national life: one is an invad-
ing army and the other Is the de-
pletion of the soil.-Sen. Underwood
ID, Alabama.
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What animal spends its life UP
sl}e 5owua
The =loth. purely arboreal ami
mai 1T Central and South America
These animals hane h-ad town In
*he tsre5 and .ars.y .tate ;hem.
What are the calor'es per pound
Of the following foods Butter,
wheat bread. cornmeal. cheese
(Amertcanl string beans, can
tcloupo, prunes, raw eggs. rice,
oatmeal bottled potatoes. sugar?
Rutter. 3.605 Galleries per pound:
wheat bread 1925. cornmeal. 1858;
American cheese. 2.o56; atring beans.
$50; canteloupe. 90: prunes. 88B; I'M
cooked eggs. 720s rice. 1880; oat-
meal. 1890. boiled potatoes. $40;
sugar. 1850.
How did the Romans 90 ex-
tended calculating with the Roman
system Of numerals?
Tho Roman numerals were used
only in simple additive and sub
truct've principles. and no extended
calculations in the Roman notation
wero possible without the aid Of
come registering machine such rs
the ahacus.
Whore are the headquarters Of
the Shepherd Dog Club of Amer
lea?
At II ". Forty-second st. New
York city.
How long ago was writing Ink
used2
Manuscripts written on papyn
and dating back more than 1000
years are TO be found IN various
museums.
What Is the value Of n half dime
dated 1897. with Liberty seated?
The prices paid range from 8 to 20
cents.
OF what nationality were the
parents Of Walter Johnson
Both were Americans. his father
having been born near Urbana. Ind.
and his mother In Missouri.
How much is contributed by the
different denominations In the
United States for foreign mis-
sions7
The only year for which we have
the statistics is 1922, when the
amount was $38,671.158.
What do the letters SIS stand
for in a legal document?
They are commonly called the
statement Of the venue" and have
the meaning "to-wlt." The abbre-
Walton is commonly supposed to
have been derived from the Latin
word "scilicet"
Who wrote the words and music
Of Home Sweet Home and
which was written first?
The words were written by John
Howard Payne. and the music by
Sir Henry R. Bishop. The words
were written first.
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Wealth Not Only Measure

Wealth isn't tho sole measure Of
social value, although It IS popular
Iy supposed 10 cut q bigger figure
than is seemly IN q democracy.
Wealth certainly IS no guarantee OF
culture Vulgarity isn't confined TO
the homes of the poor. There Is
real culture in Washington. Of
course; but much Of It IS found
among well-educated. but poorly
paid, Government employees. and few
If any of these would be invited to
an exclusive society inaugural ball.
Descendants Of Puritans who