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Evening star., 1925-04-02
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

WAKEFIELD, Mass, April g
Estimates of the New England potato
crop for this year are around 3S3,-
last year. The yield per acre is
expected to rise owing to the use of
better seed, but acreage will be the
smallest in Is years.
HOUSTON, April 2.-The Rio Grande
Valley has shipped 419 cars of citrus
fruits so far this year, as compared
with 122 at this date last year. Most
of the shipments were of grapefruit,
growing of which is developing
rapidly.
FRESNO, Calf, April Cotton
growers in southern San Joaquin
Valley estimate their crop this year
at 10000 bales, worth approximately y
$100O0,000. A new press is being &
erected here to handle the crop.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, April g.
One hundred weavers employed at
the Hadley mills here have quit work
because an increase in wages was
not granted. The mills recently
shifted from full to part time
operation.
JOPLIN, April 2-The combined
value of lead and zinc ore mined in
the year is $15,01S, 1873, an increase of
the year is S15,O1S,753, an increase of
nearly s4,000.O00 as compared with
the same period last year.
Evening star., 1925-04-02
CRUDE OIL REDUCED.

PITTSBURGH, April "A reduction
of Is cents a barrel in the price of
Corning grade crude oil in Buckeye
Lines was announced by purchasing
agents today. The new price is S2.l0.
Other grades were unchanged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
A Memorial Area for the
Nations Distinguished Dead
By BILL PRICE

That mighty interesting suggestion that the Government
snan create greas memU nora All f roaSav that will
the south end of the Arlington Memorial bridge 10
famous Arlington Cemetery.
indicate that it will the most beautiful and historic
American memorials exciting the admiration and interest
of the world.
The bridge and Arlington cemetery viii be linked by
double roadway with parking between and on each side trees
shrubbery flowers that viii add to the attracveness
The memorial area suggestion is that the Government set
aside along this roadway sites for monuments to
Americas noted and women
That the admirers of William Bryan will erect
his memory there is no doubt It already
suggested that this monument will cost $0OO0OO and there
question that the can be raised among those who
admired this eminent American There is no more
fitting place for site for this monument than close to ms
last resting place
memorial reservation part of the bridge plans would
be in harmony with the Lincoln and Roosevelt memorials
Fer the latter $1,000000 has already been raised
There will be little any, cost to the Government in the
of lands between the bridge and Arlington Cemetery
already most OF the land for long
distances either side of the roadway that will be
sruced from the bridge to Arlington Much Of belongs to
what known the Arlington tract The Department OF
Agriculture using many in this region for expert
mental farm purposes
There remain in the District of Columbia number of small
reservations upon which still be
built and which Congress utilize for that purpose but the
suggestion memorial is in keeping with the whole
project of Memorial bridge and historic Arlington
As Arlington is the last resting place of national heroes
memorial would emphasize the stories Of great deeds done
by Americans all walks of life Bryan buried in Airing
because he had been officer in the Spanish American
than military @ As he borsd for his nation and It's
people proper that him should be erected
IN or this Capital of that nation.
The future will bring forth many worthy patriots who will
their footprints upon the sands of time Monuments
viii be erected to prpeuae their memories and their deeds
Why shoudn there be spot where these inspiring memories
may influence future Americans and point the pathway to
fame all the fields which make America the foremost Of
nations?
Washington is admittedly the Mecca Of all patriotic Amer
They here by the thousands each year their
Capital and away with them inspiring thoughts and
renewed faith in their land The nation cannot do much
placing before It's own citizens spots upon which VIII De
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03

Gently was attacked with what is known as sleeping
sickness.
Although this called sleeping sickness IS by no means
similar to the disease known by this IN Africa That
Il from entirely another germ And its symptoms are mark
eddy different.
The sleeping sickness which Mrs Morgan and other people
II civilization have had comparatively unknown disease
that is unknown its and treatment and prog
noss The psychologists chemists and physicians have
worked hard combat it. but their efforts are 50 Tar not
entirely successful
There have been in the city Of New York
since the first case in March, 1919
This disease then complete puzzle to medical men
It's victims usually Of mature age but Of both sexes
It's technical encephals lethargica and u has
contracted by people who have never been IN Africa or
been exposed to the tsetse fly.
twas first observed in Germany in the latter part OF the
seventeenth century, although the doctors that its his
tory goes far back into antiquity.
In 1890 it appeared in Italy and Hungary and sometime
afterwards in Europe and the United States.
Charles q. Dana, Of the New York Academy Of
Medicine authority for the statement that has no rea
ton to the African disorder
He said: 1T first became conspicuous during the war
when swept Europe the wake Of the influenza epdemc
and claimed thousands of victims No affects the nerv
Gus system in varied way the encephalits germ
may insanity paralysis neuralgia remors prolonged
sleep profound insomnia 1t has greatly puzzled phys
clans"
serum to counterfeit the disease discovered By Doc
f. c. Rosanow, Of Rochester, Minnesota. Il has been
found approximately onehaf of the which
it was tried.
It's complete mastery still victory that is ahead Of the
scientists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
SNAKE BITE
ANTITOXIN

IN Brazil where there are l5o.
y species of snakes, twenty-three
of which are poisonous, there is o
snake laboratory with gardens
full of snakes. This laboratory,
the Butantan Institute, prepares
antitoxins for snake bites, which
are said to be far superior to tia
ordinary. treatment for snake bite.
just as diphtheria antitoxin i
prepared by injecting horses, SO
is the snake antitoxin prepared
by injecting horses with the va
rious types of venoms. In ger.
eral there are three big groups CT
venomous reptiles-the rattlesnako
or crotalus, the coral snake Or
elaps, and the pit viper or leche.
sis.
The laboratory worker injects,
for example, the venom from e.
rattlesnake in small doses into
a horse: from this horse he OBJ
tains an antitoxin that is specific
for the rattlesnake's bite. Other
antitoxins are similarly prepared.
SO that by injecting the proper
antitoXin he can in most cases
save the life of an individual OIL
ten by a snake belonging to any
one of these three groups.
In those cases in which the
type of snake that inflicted tna
bite is unknown, the scientist has
prepared q comprehensive or gen
eral antitoxin made by injecting
horses with doses of venoms from
all three types of poisonous
snakes.-Hygeia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
"CRAZY HEAD ANTS
Six-Footed Pathfinders Which Butt Heads
Wildly Observed BY Scientist

. entomologist, every person who
sits for few minutes on log or
a stone in the country and exam
ines the ground, spread like q
lower world about his feet, in
habited by thousands Of minute,
busy creatures, often astonishingly
beautiful and most interesting in
their action, may observe for him.
self many of the elemental facts
upon which naturalists base their
conclusions and support their argl-
ments concerning the character OF
life in its lower forms.
Though not an entomologist.
can never resist the metropolitan
lure of an ants nest, nor even the
attraction of a single ant struG-
Cling with heavy burden on it's
way home. l have witnessed Gun
professionally some extraordinary
performances by these creatures.
including immensely interesting
fights. When an ant staggers off
the field of battle with the severed
head of its conquered enemy at
tached to one of it's legs by unre-
Taxing jaws, one understands that
from death in defense of a cause,
whatever, in the court of forrnlc
equity. the cause may be.
Just before sitting down to
write. I had been watching some
little red ants. about six milli-
meters in horizontal stature. who
surprised me by the contrasts in
apparent intelligence between diff
ferent individuals. Those that
first attracted my attention had a
cup-shaped hollow as the starting
point for their principal subterran-
can avenue. / set down the men,
bers Of this trIDe for crazy
heads The slightest dist.2l b.
ance called them CIT to run wildly
around and against one another.
without any perCeptible object or
result. Two never met without
flying apart like rubber balls.
Again and again / found individu-
ais wandering with treasure trove
about the neig hbornood of their
camp without being able to find
1t. Yet when / placed them at
the mouth of the tunnel. down
they ran without stopping for
thanks. I have never seen col
ony of ants so apparently lack
ing in sense of direction.
And yet I followed an individual
of the same species carrying a
heavy burden over all kinds of
obstacles. never carving It's direc-
ton. running a distance of at
least thirty feet diaSonally across
a graveled road. continuing in
the same direction for ten feet
farther on narrowed ground, and
suddenly disappearing where there
was 40 sign of nest or hole: but
when l stirred up the spot with
the point of stick swarm of
ants was uncovered. In the spirit
OF TEoreau l sale 10 myself that
there was al least one six-legged
pathfinder who knew where he
wanted to 20 and how to get
there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
Get Rid of Disease Breeding Pets

English cattle attacked by the foot and mouth disease
killed off at cost of millions prevent the spread of the
disease The government forbade foxhuntng in thirty six
counties where disease existed The hounds undoubtedly
disease their from pasture another
relocated fox heartbroken but the mo
Hunting order stood.
The first step in Kidding the earth of disease would be
get rid of unnecessary animals
Wild beasts Africa elsewhere carry the sleeping
sickness.
Cats and dogs socalled "PETs but often PESTS bring
diseases to children after their wanderng which cannot be
prevented. 1.-The cat will and the dog have his day
Flies carry germs from the stable and pig pen food
the table Mosquitoes actually plant the germs malaria
and yellow fever in your blood.
Man will be free from disease when he finds himself the only
living creature this planet That will come in million
years undoubtedly Meanwhile get rid mercifuy of
all USELESS animal life, wild and tame.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
CORRECT
MANNERS
by Mrs. C. Beeckman--I
Tipping the Waitress

Tipping the Waitress
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Some boy friends and
have been eating meals at a
private home each week. The
woman charges US. accordingly
and her daughter waits on the
table.
Is it proper to tip her daugh-
ter? The people are friends of
ours. J. ~.
believe that it would be very
embarrassing for these kind friends
of yours IL you were to offer to
tip the daughter. 1t is a diff
cult position for them in any
event, and you can help them
make 1t easier by not offering a
fee. If you did offer a tip and
they were embarrassed, as they
probably would be, then you would
be conscious afterward Of this
break" and fthat would make
the whole situation most awk-
ward. Why not think up some
courtesies that you would show
instead of the monetary courte-
sizes? For instance, send the
mother some flowers occasionally,
anu lIIC OdQS SOAAlC LlO"CLS VI
candy or books. Or, il you zee
that something else would be a
present in good taste for the
mother and daughter, send that
with the combined budgets" of
you boys. Or, perhaps they would
enjoy having some seats for q
matinee or concert.
Eating Melon With a Fork.
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ 1 have heard that it is
proper to eat cantaloupe with a
fork? Is this correct?
2-Is it proper to eat chicken
with the fingers?
CONSTANT READER.
IVES, many people use fork
i to eat melons, especially.
honeydew melons. And indeed,
] think that it is a very grace
full way to eat a melon.
2-No, it is distinctly incor-
rect, because it is untidy for the
diner and unpleasant for the be-
holder.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

its own good by its parents-
The husband who Is dominated
by the wife
The wife who is dominated by
the husband
The mother-in-law who domi-
mates the sons or daughters
family
The young people who dominate
the old father or mother
The sisters who are dominated
by sistersA
The brothers who are dominated
by brothers
All of them trying to shape UP
other lives. All of them strug-
Cling to make other lives con-
form to their standards. All of
them meddling and boasting,
criticising and interfering, punish
ing and taunting-d drawing the
bonds of domination tighter and
tighter about the growing spirit
until the original shape and trend
of that spirit has been entirely
lost.
But most people are good
natured and friendly" you cry.
They don't do the dreadful
things you say"
Yes, most people ARE good
natured and friendly. And some
of the very worst domination is
good-natured and friendly. Some
times you can bandage another
life by petting and coddling and
flattering it quite as effectively as
by bullying it. Whenever you
impose your own will on another
whenever you make decisions
for another-you dominate.
Then shouldn't we ever guide
other people-even little children?
Yes, we must often guide II is
not possible to do away with all
domination. But it is possible
to do away with about nine
tenths of it. Even little children
should be helped to make their
own decisions, rather than forced
to adopt yours. You may not
see the results of this natural
functioning just as the Chinese
do not admire the results of q
natural growth in human feet.
But it's a better result. neverthe-
less. That human spirit viii be
able to walk on that result,
whereas 1t would only totter along
on your bandaged beauty.
MOST OF OUR MODERN SOR-
SOW AND VICE is CAUSED BY
THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD
"LILY-FOOT" IDEALS OF SPIR-
ITUAL BEAUTY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
. BY Garrett P. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular

Noted Astronomer ana WRITER on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
"Here while lie beneath the
what care I for the Greeks. or
for Troy town,
If 1uster battles are enacted now
Between the ants upon this hum
mocks CROWN
IBID Homer wait till 1 the issue
II red or black the gods will favor
Or yonder Ajax viii the phaIanx
Struggling to heave some rock
against the host"
TT is not only for Solomon's
4 "sluggard" that the ant has
useful land no less interesting
than useful lessons. The wise
and thrifty old King was no
Fabre, and no more was Henry
David Thoreau, when he lay on
his back, dropping Homer to
watch the struggle Of the ants on
the hummock under the walnut.
Solomon was chiefly impressed by
the tireless industry of the ant;
Thoreau was most struck by the
dramatic resemblance between ant
wars and human. Both, no doubt,
considered the intelligence Of the
ant to be similar in nature to
that of man, though incompara-
bly, less in degree. Darwin would
not have contradicted either or
them on that ground, but the
Homer of the Insects" Fabre,
would have set them right, in his
opinion, by affirming that the
actions of insects are not to be
explained by any "anthropopsy-
chic" theory, j. e, by supposing
them to be inspired by something
like human sensibility and ra-
tionality.
Fabre spent a long life watch
ing and experimenting with ants
and other insects. and his opin'
ions about them must be regard
ed with high respect. Yet there
are two sorts of opponents against
him-first. the partlsans OF the
mechanistic idea of animal uctit n.
and, second, those who, like Tho
reau. feel that when ants go into
battle around a hillock, 1t means
real WARRIOR booty, If not for
an ideal-and so its resemblance
to human action can not he de-
MED. They think that difference
of degree, but not of kind suffices
TO distinguish the intelligence of
the ant from that of the man.
Thew see no need for GIlnOosing a
distinction between instinct and in.
telligence. Instinct, they affirm,
is only a kind OF crystallized in
telligence. When we do any
thing through habit, 1t is crystal.
lized intelligence that acts.
Without being a biologist, or an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses.

Don't worry-particularly other
folks.
Fashion certainly has been good
to the silk stocking makers.
The success of a book depends
largely upon it's denunclation py
the pulpit.
Just think what Eve missed by
not having any other woman to be
jealous of.
Eskimos are not so slow. When
they want to trade wives, they do
it outside of court.
During courtship, the girl sits
up waiting for her fellow to go:
after marriage she sits up waiting
for him to come.
Hez Heck says: There's good
many marriages these days where
it's hard to say who gifts the
worst of it,"
A man is to be pitied when all
he is forth is money.
Probably no man was ever
angry and grammatical at the
same time.
OF all forms OF curvature. that
Of the brains as perhaps the
worst.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03

lu1 WOIA0.
Then came. an old wrinkIed
woman with strips of linen in
her hands. She took the soft,
wee feet and held them so they
could not dance upon the sun
beams. She bent the toes down
until they crumpled into the flesh
like broken buds. Then she wrap
ped a fold of linen bandage
about the foot, from heel to toe,
and drew it tight. The baby
whimpered but the gnarled, yellow
fingers did not stop. Tighter and
tighter they drew the bandages,
until the little feet seemed only
shapeless, wrapped knobs. Then
she stopped.
All night the baby cried all
day it plucked at the cruel wrap
pings. But there was no loosen
ing Again the old woman came.
Again the feet were wrapped,
still tighter. Days passed weeks,
months and years. The agonizing
pain ceased at last but the ban
dages remained.
At last they dressed the young
girl for her bridal day. She was
brilliant as a piece of cloisonne,
fragrant as a pomegranate flower
Indeed, she was part mummy.
Beneath the wee, jeweled slippers
which adorned her feet were two
deformed, misshapen Jumps of
flesh, too horrible to be viewed
by human eyes. They were no
longer feet. She could not walk
or run, dance or leap. They led
her tottering across the floor,
her hands on the supporting
shoulders of her servants. She
had become a "lily-foot" woman
a poor, perverted little toy, unfit
for joy or use.
This is a picture from old
China. 1t is revolving picture,
isn't it? Yet in every town in
the United States today other
lives are being bound by old,
gnarled Manufacturer spirits are
being twisted and deformed.
The old Chinese woman did not
mean to work unkindness on that
little girl She felt that she was
rendering her the greatest serv-
ice possible. She was preparing
her for successful career ac-
cording to the best traditions OF
her people. Yet we of the Occl-
dent say that preparation was
brutal and the result a tragedy.
BY the same token, those who
bind the life in this country
usually feel that they are render
ing a favor. Yet, here, too, those
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
Tax Free Securities

One Congressman from Kansas wanted pay bonus by
taxing heaters $70000000 year. Why select for taxation
particular industry especially like the theater?
difficult dangerous with returns uncertain failures
appointments many.
The simple thing would have been to do away with
present system that enables the richest in the country
buy billions of dollars worth of securities that pay
and thus dodge all taxation Do realize that
securities owned by the rich this country
fourteen thousand million dollars producing annual in
of 000 and that income Uncle Sam collects
not of taxes?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
ONCE-OVERS
INCREASING YOUR VOCABULARY
your vocabulary deserving You?

Is your vocabulary deserving You?
Is difficult for you find the right word?
Do make and then have to change
your because you think of word suitable
to finish it9
When you left school you had difficulty in expressing
yourself and you understand your present condition
But have not been negligent speech for years?
put your idea across" has been your sole aim
Naturally if you do not any words but the most
ordinary, you will lose your command of language.
If you would endeavor to good language at all times
read books did in your school days
your ability speak fluent English would return.
You are judged by your English it is worth trying
to have vocabulary that will clearly thoughts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Hope thinks nothing difficult:
despair tells US that difficulty is
insurmountable.-
y
Happiness is no other than
soundness and perfection Of mind.
-Antoninus.
4
Troubles spring from idleEess
and grevious tolls from needless
ease.-Benjamin Franklin.
Some natures are SO sour ana
ungrateful that they are never
to be uhliGSuS1LiEstrangos
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
WHOSAID 1T
AND WHERE

"TO cast away virtuOus
friend call as bad as to cast
away ones life, which one loves
best"
In "Oedipus Tyrannus" Sophoc-
les rates friendship as dear as
ones life.
.'WhO to- himself is law, no law
doth need,
Offend no law, and Is a king
indeed"
The upright man need fear no
law, Chapman writes in Busy
d'Ambois.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03

Nothing with God can be acct
dental. -Longfellow'
X y
Artists may produce excellent
designs, but they will avail little
unless the taste of the public IS
sufficiently cultivated to appre-
ciate them. George c. Mason.
X
Both man and womankind be-
lie nature when they are not
kind. bailey.
jealousy Is the apprehension
of superiority.-Sensto
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Sleeping Sickness
" DooToR FRANK CRAM

YTyHE wife Of the financial magnate ] = Morgan re-
comfy was attacked with what is known sleeping
- sickness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03
LISTEN, WORLD!

who are wise de-
nounce that bind
ing as brutal and
bewaiI the tragic
result.
We Americans
do not bind with
linen strips. We
bind with what
the psychological
all DONNA
TION. And DOM
say the
psy 10 gists.
does to the mind
and g harac ter
what the cruel
b a n d a ges of
China did to the
baby feet. 1T
crippIes. stunts.
dwarfs and per.
verts. On every
hand we see it,
The child who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-03

TlHE Chimes Sc
l baby lay kick
ing in the sun.
Her eyes danced
like black beads
in the creamy
oval of her tiny
face; from the
scarlet button Of
her mouth came
gurgIes Of delight.
Her dress was a
scrap of brocade,
encrusted w 1T h
embroidered but
terflies and flow
ers of azure. jade
and corise. Her
cap turned up like
the petals of a
flaming lily. and
there were tassels
of rabbit fur at
the ears A
A merry baby in
an altogether joy