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The Washington times., 1924-11-05
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
SANDS THAT SING AND BARK
Fine Spherical Grams Grinding Together Pro
duce Orchestral Effect on Many Beaches.

k(T HAVE been reading" says
a correspondent, "of the
sound of drums and trum-
pets rising out of a sea-beach
on the coast of Cornwall, when
il is walked on. Is this q fact
or bait for gulls?"
l have read of that wonderful
beach myself, in some scientific
journal, and / believe that what
is told of it is NANNY fact, be-
cause similar phenomena are
known to exist in many parts of
the world, and their cause has
been disclosed. These strange
sounds, as weird as the notes Of
an Aeolian harp are sometimes
heard on steep hii!sides where
slides of loose sand set in motion
by the wind, or by the jar Of a
footstep, trickle down the slope.
The effect has been compared to
a chorus of high-strung voices,
suddenly breaking on the ear.
with prolonged resonance.
More frequently, however, they
are audible on sandy beaches, and
occasionally they are so loud and
the musical tones are so har-
monious and beautiful that the
nearer stares about him in won.
derment, and feels his nerves
tingle at the suggestion of his
imagination that invisible must
clans are playing in the air about
him.
The sense of mystery is height
ened by the fact that the Ginning
sounds do not, at first, appear to
come from the ground, but to be
born out OF the surrounding at
mosphere. When they are loud
and multiply in tone 1t requires
but little aid from the. fancy to
recognize in them the various in
struments of an orchestra, played
in perfect time, but with an ex-
preston that seems more ethe-
real than human.
Such phenomena are due to
musical sands. and they have
been scientifically investigated
and explained. No doubt they
are responsible for. many of the
old superstitions about fairies,
and about aerial tongues which
syllable mems names"
All sands are not musical
Music is regulated noise, and in
order that moving sand shall
produce harmonious notes as Its
particles slide ever one another
it is necessary that the particles
shall be smoothly rounded, equal
in size and composed of sonor
Gus substance, like flint or quartz
Cecil Carus- Wilson, in England
devoted special attention TO the
phenomena of musical sands, and
was able to produce them artifi
cially. He found that a coarse
sand, composed of irregular, an
gular particles, produces only 2
hoarse, grating sound when In
motion; but IL the sand Is OF
even grain, hard, more or less
spherical and polished by long
friction under the action Of water,
it's motion may give rise to the
most startling limitations OF in
strumental sounds. although the
tones always possess weiru
beauty which Is all their own. A
mixture OF dirt In the sand in,
variably destroys it's sonorous
properties.
Tha theory Of the action d
The Washington times., 1924-11-05

musical sands Is simple; in grind
ing together they set UP Sonorous
waves in the air, similar to what
may be produced by rubbing the
wetted finger around the edge OF
a glass partly filled with water.
In that case, the reaction of the
vibrating glass may be usually
observed in the quivering rings
formed on the surface of the
water. Variations in the size OF
the sands account for the differ
ent tones produced.
There are many famous de-
posts of such sands known in
various parts of the world.
Those Of the peninsula Of Sinai
are particularly celebrated, on
account, perhaps, of the sacred
recollections with which that
strange region is associated.
Humboldt found musical rocks"
in the valley of the Orinoco,
which gave out concordant
sounds at sunrise, due, no doubt,
to internal strains and vibrations
caused by the heat. Similar
rocks have been noticed by
travellers in Arabia Petra, and
it has been suggested that the
famous statue OF the musical
Memnon, on the banks of the
Nile, which was said to sing at
sunrise, consisted of stone whose
particles were set into vibration
by the action of the sunlight.
Musical beaches have been
found on both the Atlantic and
the Pacific coasts, and they are
known also at interior points an
on the Wisconsin river, near
KiIbourn city, and on the shore
of the Mississippi opposite Caron.
delet.
On the southwest coast, Of
Hawaii there is deposit Of
barking sands" which initiate,
more or less closely, the bark
ing of dogs.
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
Light Is Life
School Hours Wasted.

Light of all things is most important to e And SUN
LIGHT is the light Of life Scientists tell you that even cleo
trio light plants grow rapidly and persuades
mems to lay more eggs Pity children that shut away
from sunlight in narrow city streets
Eventually the hours Of school will he changed to give
children at least half the sunlight of winter day
All that child up to sixteen really learn it can learn
in THREE HOURS The other school hours are worse than
wasted they tire the child make learning disagreeabIe thew
deprive children Of play and exercise in the sunlight
unfortunately thus far is necessary to manage public
schools not SO much for the benefit Of the child to free
parents from the nuisance of children about the house
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
Harsh Words

Mr. Wdener Of Philadelphia who probably owns the finest
private collection OF paintings in America and certainly the
finest private collection of Rembrandt portraits in The world
speaks cruelty about Prince Yousoupof Of whom he bought
two Rembrandt portraits for $50O00 Some one has offered
the Prince quarter Of million he wants to Get
the pictures back He says he had an option them
Widener admits that he bought the pictures low price
because everybody needed money at the Rus
sian princes -7
He speaks unndy Of Prince Yousoupoff saying He is
Europes fool accusing him of "rougng his cheeks and
blackening his eyebrows That must be CALLING proud
Prince Mr. Widener says he is going to give his IA Rem
brandt portraits and his other pictures to the people when
he dies, memorial to his father
The Washington times., 1924-11-05


from marriage In Sweden France Germany Italy.
They are old countries America very young Things
settled there the uprooed them They st
unsettled here Marriage isn't industrial arrangement
here 1t an individual adventure In Sweden in your
mothers day marriage about the only job open to
GIRL 1T ism here There thousands Of other jobs open
to her. jobs that many bring quite much luxury
rlage to young grocer who owns his own car.
Them too, American wife must know than cooking
and sewing she would keep her home She know how
to charm and hold and and advise and interest
husband The old country husband dnt expect his wife to
provide such lively in his life 1t was quite ac
cepted that he should look elsewhere if he yearned for as
clnaton But the American husband his at
home and if he doesn't find it he's going feel greatly
abused SO you'll need than knowledge of domestic
craft to make marriage successful in America You'll need
LOVE And when to deciding about Love only the
boy and girl themselves do the job That's why parents
can t pick husbands for girls in America.
know mother and father are going to say that mar
rage should not be that waythat should think less
OF love and more OF serious But free young a
venturesome country marriage also bound free and
full OF adventures Mother and father woudn try to wear
wooden shoes ride in sleds Broadway. They wear
leather and ride in street Then they IL have to be will
ing to follow the custom of the country in other ways too
Maybe they be more willing you'll give them little
more time to get the shock keep loving them hard
little Hlda. Parents like to think of their daughters
marrying whether they live in Sweden or Tmbucoo So per
has II you plead bit and ask them meet your Henry
And they don WE'LL little girl we must all face that
sooner or later You'll have to build your own fe even
though you mix the mortar with and pile the bricks in
loneliness
But let s hope they will
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
A Second in Eternity
Why Worry?

Professor harrington scientist Of the Field Museum in
Uncago brings from South America piece Of crystal quartz
water plainly inside of the crystal
Compared with that imprisoned water all other antiques
gre Things OF yesterday According to biologists that water
has been in the crystal for at least million years It may
nave been there for hundreds of millions Of years for the
Arcnean Age to which the crystal belongs is said have
existed more than five hundred million years ago.
Even that length Of time is only second in eternity
fact which must worry those who believe in hell
Unable to evaporae in its crystal prison. the water com
Dnatlon OF oxygen and hydrogen gases might theoretically
go on existing forever And that's exactly what we human
beings will do in some form or other A
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
Whale Meat

british CoLUMBIA'S entire
- output Of canned whale meat
last year was marketed, according
to provincial trade authorities,
among the settlements between
Liberia and the Congo in West
Africa. The new market has
given the whaling industry of
British Columbia new impetus
and promises to bring 1t substan-
tial prosperity in the future.
Whaling operations off the Pacific
coast this year are reported to
have been more successful than
for several seasons.
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
Salt Deposits

CALF deposits discovered about
~ seventy.flve miles from Prince
Rupert. British Columbia, are at
tracing attention. They are on
the Skeena river at Kwlnitsia.
Investigations are under way with
view TO developing them com,
mercially. The British Columbia
coast consumes 10000 to 10000
tons Of salt yearly in the herring
industry alone.
The Washington times., 1924-11-05

Miss Elsie he not like all the other girl meets He
Is classy dresser but he is not of those sheiks He
dances well but he likes best to sit quietly and talk
do We have known each other for six months and he
wants to marry and love him cannot think of any
thing else all the time Maybe you know how is Miss
Elsie.
Well, didn't tell mama and papa until last night
And there was an awful fight. They want to marry
young man who grocery where my papa works He
is good steady young and would have plenty of
money and car. But do not love him. love Henry
and he has no money and told them that and
they got so mad. AT
Mama cried and cried She said was spoiled because
have grown up in America. She says that in the old
country girls let their parents pick their husbands and they
much happier and do have divorces like they here
When she was girl her and papa picked her hus
band for her. She says she hardly knew my papa all be-
fore she married him and she thought being in
love But he was good and she came to love him
and now she is happy And she says will be happy
if do as she says But cannot do as she says Miss
Elsie. love Henry and he loves and would feel as if
was doing sin if married some else If do not
marry Henry do not want to marry anyone.
Please tell'me what you think
Your sad little friend
'HILDA Johnson. +
Dear dlttle Hida, do understand. And understand
mother and father viewpoint too I'm going to talk to all
three Of you in answering this eterand hope will hep
clear psthe trouble
Marriage was and many places still is yerv different
matter back in the Old Country 1t is part of settled plan
OF course homes and people always little different any
where but In the older countries everything has pretty
well planned out When girl marries there she knows Just
about what she will have to do. ism much romance
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
r sssss9 ss,ss: By ELSIE: ROBINSON

job. She must know how to cook and
sew and make cheese and care for babies
and keep the house tidy Everything is very
plainly marked out for her. She doeSn't
have to wonder and worry lest she isn't
holding her husband love, but she does have.
to pay great attention to her husbands
pantry and cellar. And in the end, she
usually finds happiness and love through
her loyal service.
That is what marriage is in the old country
"a sort of industrial arrangement Like get
ting girl. life job Naturally the older
folks know good deal about such jobs.
No. it doesn't seem funny that in such
countries the mothers and fathers should do
the planning for marriage. Although, even
there. 1 imagine that daughter sometimes
kicked over the traces.
The Washington times., 1924-11-05
LISTEN, WORLD!

TTERE'S an old-fashioned letter-with
a new fashioned problem You'd be
IL surprised if you knew how many
families in big, free America come from old,
small countries which were not so free, where
custom still moves in the same old groove
despite the war and thought does not change
easily. Hilda's letter is going to be echoed
by many a little girl who lives in the
twentieth century when she s in the office
and in the eighteenth when she turns the
latch at home -
t6nEAR MISS ELSIE:
Maybe my trouble will not seem
so great to you with all the letters you
must get from smart people, but it means
much to me and i would be much obliged
if you could help me- 1t is about my mar
riage. love young man. He works in
the office next to, mine He is wonderful
Gunnison news-champion., 1924-04-04
CHAPTER XIV

Francis. In that pleasan; halfhour
before dinner which he spent in Mar.
garet's sitting room. spoke 10 her Of
her fathers Kindness to the cnrter's
horse, of the, dogs home near War
dour street. She listened sympa-
thetically to his description Of the
place.
II am not In any way surprised At
the incident" she remarked. My fa-
ther spends AT least an hour Of every
day. when he Is down at Hatch End,
amongst the horses, and every time a
fresh crock Is brought down. he is as
interested ns though It were new
toy
1T Is a remarkable trait In a very
remarkable character" Francis com
msntec.
y could tell you many things that
would surprise YOU" Margaret con-
nnued zone night. for instance, when
we were staying at the Sanctuary, he
and were going out TO dine with
some neighbors and he heard cat
mewing In the hedge somewhere. He
stopped the car, got out himself.
found that the cat has been caught in
. trap, released II. and sent me on
to the dinner alone whilst he took the
animal back to the veterinary sur
Seon at the Walled House. He was sim.
ply white with fury whilst he was ty-
ing up the poor things leg. couldn't
help asking him what he would have
done II he could have found the farm
er who set the trap. He looked up at
me and | was almost frightened I
should have killed him. he said-and
believe he meant II. And. Francis.
the very next day we were motoring
to London and saw a terrible acct
dent. A motor blcyclist came down
side road at full speed and ran into
q motor-lorry. Ny father got out OF
the car helped them lift the body
from under the wheels OF the lorry.
and came hack absolutely unmoyed
~Serve the silly young fool rIghtr was
his only remark. He was so horribly
eAllous that | could scarcely bear to
St BY his side. Do you understand
thatr'
TT Isn't easy" he admitted.
There was knock af the door.
Margaret glanced at the clock
Surely dinner can't be served al
ready" she exclaimed Come In
Very much TO their surprise. II was
Sir Timothy himself who entered. He
was In evening dress and wearing
several orders. one Of which Francis
noted with surprise
MY apologies" he said. Hedges
foid me that there were cocktails
here. and rs a'n on my way to a
eaitcr wea--,,.11-.-r. - :. J. sheucht ! mi.ht
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was the hand Of justice. not any hu-
man hand. which had slain Oliver Hil-
ditch.
''What did your father say when he
discovered the truth7" he asked.
He did not know 1t until he came
to England on the day that Oliver Hn-
ditch was acquitted. Ny husband
always pretended that he had spe-
cial mail bag going out to South Amer
lea. SO he took away all the letters
wrote 10 my father. and he took care
that l received none except one or two
which ! know now are forgerIes. He
had friends in South America himself
who helped him--one a typist In my
fathers Office, of whom l discovered
afterwards-but that really doesn't
matter. He was a wonderful master
OF deceit"
Francis suddenly took her hania.
He had an overwhelming desire to
escape from the mIasma of those ugly
days. with their train of attendan:
thoughts and speculsfions.
Let US talk about ourselves" lie
whispered.
Presently they saw Sir Timothy's
Rolls-Royce glide up to the front door
below and Sir Timothy himself enter
the house, followed by another man
whose appearance was somehow ia.
milIar.
There was = knock at the door.
Hedges made his diffident appearance.
Il beg your pardon. SIR" he began,
addressing Francia "Sir Timothy has
been asking II you are still here. He
would be very glad II you could spare
him moment In the library
Francis rose at once TO his feet.
Il was just leaving he said. Il
will look In At the library and see Sir
Timothy on my way out
Sir Timothy Was standing upon the
hearthrug Of the very wonderful apart
meat which be csiied his library.
you asked for me. Sir Timothy
Francle- said
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CHATTER XIV


Lady Cynthia rnn into Sir Timothy
nsnr the end Of u dinner dance nj
ciar!dge's. Just when She had about
reached the cud of her endurance
nf boredom.
what brings yon here aloney' she
asked him.
Il have an engagement in few
minutes he explained My car Is
waiting now. looked in AT the club
TO dine. found my favorite table taken
and nearly every man I ever disIiked
siding up to tell me that he hears I
am giving n wonderful party on Thurs
day. decided not TO dine there. after
all, and Charles found me corner
here. am going In five minutes"
''Where t0? she asked Cant I
come with your
Il fear not" he answered 81 am
going down In the East End"
..AdventuringT'
more or less he admitted.
Lady Cynthia became beautiful. She
was always beautiful when she was
not tired,
Take me with you. please" she
begged. "I'll get my cloak"
They drove along the Embankment.
cItyward The heat Of the city seemed
to rise from the pavements. The wall
Of the Emhankmenf wss lined with
people. leaning over to catch the Ian
guild breeze that crept up with the
tide. They crossed the river and
threaded their way through a night
mare Of squalid streets, where half.
dressed men and women hung from
the top windows and were even to be
seen upon the roof. struggling for air.
The car at last pulled MP at the corner
Of long street.
Il am going down here" Sir Tim
ofhy announced Il shall be gone per
haps an hour. The neighborhood IN
not . fit one for you to be left alone
In ! shall have time to send You
home The car will be back here for
me by the time require 1t"
Where are you going7" she asked
curiousiy. why can't come with
your
4 am going where I cannot take
you" was the frm reply. 81 told you
that before started"
shall sit here and wait for you.~
she decided. Il rather like the neieh-
oornood There is q gentleman in
shirfsleeves. leaning over the r,il Of
me roof there. who has his eye on ms.
! believe I shah be . success here-
when y more than can say o. :
little faEfher Xessx1ra-
icontinusd on page ssven)
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flIay-. -.- why 1 ever n4ar-
red oliver HlGHch--
-Y0a s-re ysry younE." Ne remind-
ed her. with = little shiyer. and yery
InsIperI.nret sEpp0s@ he APPEALED
10 yOu In some way OT aE0thsr--
1T wasn't that she replied He
came TO Visit ne al Easth0urne. and
he certainly knew all the tricks Of
making himself attractive and agree
able But he never Eon ny heart
h. never even seriously took ny fancy
married him b=eauss ! believed that
by doing - Vas obsy.HS ny fathers
WIshsS-
-whsre vas your father sr the
time. them Fruncls asked.
In South America. oliver HIliIfrh
VsS nothing more than discharged
employee % bis. discharged for dis
honesty He had 10 leave South Amer
ton. and on the way 70 Europe he
ooncoctsd the plot which very nearly
ruined nv lie He forged letter
from my father. hsEglns ne. II found
II In ans WY possible. O. listen TO on
yer HIldltSh's proposals. and limiting
guhrtetlly a a very serious hnanclai
crisis which u uas 10 his power to
avert r. never occurred 10 ne or TO
my chap-ron 10 question his bona hdes.
He had lived under the sums roof as
my father. HnI su"w an the Intimate
details %, hls life He WHs very clever
and suppose was '01i r-tuern-
her thinking I was doing quite heroic
sc'lon-rvh~a I went tD the registrar
with him. Wha; q; led 70 you snow
There was m0me1Ts thrDbblng
sllraca Francis. n0'u .fhstandln- his
deep pity. vns conscious Of an over
whsIuin. sensation 0f relief She had
never cared fu- Oliver HHttrhi She
had never pretended to- lie put the
thought into words
You ueTsr cared f1r him. thenY-
= tried Co." she replied simply. but
found II impossible. Within n week
~ our marrIag. hated him"
Francis leaned back his eyes half
closed IT, his ears vas the sonorous
ruar = PIcradIly the hootIns % mo-
iorcars. clos. at hand the rustlinx of
faint wind In the elm trees II was
n wonderful moment The nightmare
with which he Ind Erapplei 80 herceiy.
which he had oyerihrOwn. but whose
ghost SIN sometimes walked by his
side. had lost Is chief and most
poignant tsrrur She had been tricked
into the marriage. She had never
cared or pretended TO care. The pri.
NAL horror Of that tragedy which he
had flEured so often - himself. seemed
to have departed with the thought. Its
shadow must always remain. but In
time his conscience would acauiesce
In the prou0uncement OF his reason Il
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TIE ..u f-nar-i anErlly. Their
Va. rm-- ~ trlanoe In his tone as
h. -rsEs7l '-a letter away In his pOcE-
rthanE
Tier ~r- rro men and one Won
an" ts -s."rI- -arr three o., the up
Per r'a--a- TL, 10tIs- Vers recuV-
rred fr.u Hu~ru.. lock some three
hunt--t sart. from the Walled
Hnu-s.
-" f0rr FORM pa-t uf your cassf''
Frar .s -..-a.rraE
Shr. rI -'rr..ra hack
Ny Lr.l-4u DO said. ! told you
som" ''rlr time asr. that 30 faT a.
ihls paT MAR cas-. was cOucerned I