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THE HISTORY OF LIGHTING

THE HISTORY of lighting
= from such crude beginnings
as when the Shetland Islanders
made a torch.lamp by sticking
wick in the throat Of the very
fat petrol forms the subject Of
an interesting manuscript just
completed as the fruit OF years
research by a Smithsonian sci
enlist. The author is DIR. Hough,
head curator OF anthropology in
the National Museum, which Is
administered by the Smithsonian.
DIR. Hough's account reveals
that animals have played Il sur
prisingIy large part in furnishing
light to man. A very fat little
fish called the candle fish il
burned like the stormy petrol by
the Indians Of the Northwest
coast of America. In the tropics
Of America the natives used to
build cages to hold the great
light-bearing beetle or FREELY Cor
Illuminating purposes. But whales
and seals have made the largest
contribution, Of course, in sup.
plying lamp fuel. Up to the dis
covery of petroleum in quantities
in 1859, they provided the major
portion of the worlds lamp oil.
with the result" as DIR. HouRh
puts it, that the lamp was
rather a device for increasing
Christian fortitude than a de.
pendable producer of light"
DIR. Hough has devoted wears
to the collecting and study of
artificial lighting objects until
the collection now in the Ma
tional Museum is probably with
out a peer. Henry Ford has
made a hobby of the collecting
of such objects and as he now
has a very excellent series IF
specimens.
The revolutionizing factor in
illumination, DIR. Hough finds to
be the solution Of the problem of
draft for lamps by a Swiss en-
gineer named Argand in the
year 1882. George Washington
had some of the Argand lamps
at Mt. Vernon. These are now
in the National Museum historical
collections.
THE torch" said DR.. Hough.
lis associated with war, destruc-
ton, pomp and barbaric festiyi-
ties. The candle symbolizes
peace, domesticity and contem.
plation of religious things. The
lamp in turn stands for wisdom,
furnishing feeble light to aid the
keen eyes Of philosophers and
poets. In modern times the
torch becomes Photograph of
the adventurings OF science into
new fields of research, the lamp
stands for education, while sthe
candle is sidetracked to the
service Of luxury and rituaiism.
DR.. Hough is also an authority
The Washington times., 1926-05-03

1. LITERATURE Which trans
Iation Of the Bible Ii the founda-
ton stone OF German literature?
q. HISTORY. When was the
Panama canal opened to interna-
tional shipping
8. GEOGRAPHY. Which is the
largest fresh water lake, wholly
within the United States?
4. BUSINESS. Which nation did
the United States stpersede as
the greatest creditor nation in
the world?
s. MANKIND. What percent
age Of the population OF the
United States, ten years of age
and over, are illiterate?
6. HUMAN NATURE. What
should be done to make the school
system more attractive and of
greater service to the average boy
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Who
invented the first real steam en-
CINE?
8. LAW. It is generally believed
that the only power to back the
decisions of the United States SUI
preme Court is the power OF pub
lie opinion. Is this true?
3. CIVICS. Which is the great
est single achievement of the
American people?
10. ART. Which country leads
the world in artistic wood-carving?
IL. MUSIC. In which opera by
Massanet is the exquisite Media
ton?
IL. HEALTH. What is the
function of the eyelashes?
Answers to Saturdays Questions
/. LITERATURE. 1.-The Four
Horsemen Of the Apocalypse" by
Blasco Ibanez, is based on the
world war.
2. HISTORY. The Thirty Years
War in Germany Q61S-164S) was
the last great conflict between
Catholicism and Professionalism.
3. GEOGRAPHY. Para, Brazil,
is the original home of rubber.
4. BUSINESS. The aver a s e
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ADVERTISEMENT
Girl Gained ! Pounds
Nine Years An Invalid

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Rheumatism and It's Causes

peratures. Like the earlier
symptoms. these attacks occur In
rhythmical periods.
Rheumatic subjects generally
have too little thyroid secretion
in their circulation. Acute rheu-
matism rarely occurs during
pregnancy when the thyroid is
normally over-active, but often
breaks out after prolonged nurs-
ing when the thyroid is over
worked.
Muscular rheumatism Is not
distinct from acute rheumatism
and govt but. DIR. Llewellyn
thinks. is simply like them, an
other symptom of the rheumatic
tendency.
In many young women the
foremost symptoms is inflamma-
ton OF the joints. These pa
tients are also deficient in thy
roid and liable to sweats, asthma
migraine and the rest.
The decline OF activity Of the
sexual secretions in late middle
age, it is urged, tends to bring
and govt in men.
Acute TnSuIuaIlSIH - AtOlO
common in spring than at any
other time when the blood cal
cium and phosphates are at their
lowest ebb, as Is also the, thy
roid iodine. These substances
are largely responsible for pro-
tecting the skin against light,
and, as the hours of sunshine
increase and these defences do
not increase proportionately, the
subjects suffer from continual
rheumatism.
Our protection against vary
ing temperatures is largely eff
fected by the varying Oxygena-
ton of our tissues by the blood.
Since this process is deficient in
the rheumatic subject, he will
suffer with every change in tenn
perature not only from rheu-
matism but from lumbago, or
from any other Of the various
paroxysms.
My advice is to take all these
facts into account - but have
yourself carefully examined for
focal infections.
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The Key to the Boy Mind

ready to take his Second Class
test.
HE passed without any trouble
and then he began studying for
the First Class scout test. Now
he is just about ready for that.
And the strange part about Il -
that his interest extends to his
school books. His mind seems to
have suddenly awakened, and he
is like different boy.
Ali Brandon needed was Tor
somebody to find key that
would unlock the door OF his
mind.
what q wonderful thing Il
would be IL other fathers would
take the trouble to find 81 way
to arouse their sons interest In
worth while pursuits. Seeding
and denouncing them will GER
tainly never do SO. Little fel-
lows, who are backward In
school, are not intentionally 80.
They are cropping around In the
dark. They are perplexed and
distressed because they can't
get ahead. They need helping
hand to find way out.
The boy who Is noted for fall
ures at school should not be
blamed too much. Maybe some
body who is older and wiser
could find the key to the lads
mind but has just neglected to
try.
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TN the PARKWAY land Of Tran
4 sylvania, which has, since
the war, been a part Of Rumania,
it takes a long time for customs
and habits to change. People do
the same things, think the same
thoughts. wear the same clothes
now that they did six centuries
ago.
The women are still wearing
the dark bodice and flaring skirts
that their ancestors wore. Unoer
the flaring skirts are many petit
coats of some other dark shade,
bound in brilliant colored braid.
The married women bind their
hair in q silk handkerchief so
that no vestige of 1t is visible.
On top of this they perch sailor
hat.
The holiday attire is different
but Just as much prescribed by
tradition. The holiday dress is
a heavy damask with long white
apron. A silver gilt belt studded
with glass or semi-precious stones
is fastened around the waist and
an embroidered fillet binds the
hair. The bodice of the dress Is
decorated with finely wrought
ornaments of the same metal
workmanship.
Rumanian costumes, generally
are a riot of many colors. But
occasionally an entire town Will
decide to wear nothing but black
and white. For many years they
will follow out this decree and
the costumes fashioned in the
same style as the more elaborate
ones, will boast no spot OF color.
Other customs, not connected
with dress, are just as traditional
and Interchangeable. There are va
rious ceremonies, for instance,
connected with marriage which
have been carried on for hundreds
of years. When a wedding takes
place in a Transylvanian village.
all the young people of the com
Inunity take part in it.
The young men gather in full
force to accompany the young
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Try To Strive
After Honest
Affection

read to him list Of the highest
priced shows In town.
During the intermissicn the
shy maiden win gently hint about
! wonderful night club. They so
there after the theater and he
sinds that the cover charge alone
il three dollars person.
..To finish II right he takes her
home III Z taxi. with his mind
made up never to see her again,
because the cost Of counting =
giri these days runs ". entirely
too high for his poclxetbook.
so 1t goes on and on, until
finally ne entirely gives up the
idea 81 ever getting married
There i food for serious.
thought IN this frank, goou.
humored letter. The modern girl
longs for home. 9 good nus.
band and children because she -
Yonng men feel likewise the
same and natural desire 20 Iind =
slIitabIe mate and marry.
Whv let million-dollar jazz
ideas Illustrate your life happi
ness?
The next time q nice young
man invites you out. consider
twice before you suggest the most
expensive play, the most extrava-
CANT supper club. Put yourself
IN his place. Have q heart.
BY sacrificing the tinsel Of ex-
travagance and false excitement
you may win the pure gold Of
love and happy marriage.
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OTHER DAYS
AND WAYS
BY Lucy Lowell.

6SWIELL. that's the way I've
" always done it and I don't
believe in changing"
1t was a business man who
said it. but his business didn't
amount to much. Once it had
been large and profitable, but
that was in the days when his
way Of running it was up to date.
Progress came along. People
changed and he didn't change
with them. He kept plodding
along, because he'd always done
it. And so his clients went some
where else.
heard q housewife say the
same thing-and understood why
her work was never done. When
she first began to keep house
there were no electric dish
washers, vacuum cleaners, cor
ner laundries. And that was the
very reason why she wouldn't
take advantage Of them now, be-
cause she'd always done things
the other way!
These two have allowed them
selves to be victimized and their
lives upset by the Illusion that
old things are always best. Few
of us carry the error that far,
but most of us have some way
that we don't change because
we've always had it. regardless
of how unprogresSiVe or down
right destructive it may be.
The easy thing to do, Of course,
is just to slide along in repe-
tition Of routine-to do the thing
we've always done. But that Is a
matter of mere mechanics; 1t adds
nothing to mental development.
Some of us believe that chang
ing an old way shows weakness
of character; that it indicates lack
of constancy.
But that is a false belief, be-
cause character itself changes as
we grow in experience. And ways
must keep pace with character.
And some of us are hurt in a
tender spot by the idea of chang
ing-vanity! We see change as
an admission that there are bet.
ter ways than the way that has
been ours.
But IL there are better ways,
why not avail ourselves of them?
After all, it's the best way Of Civ
ing ourselves something to be
vain housekeeping the best as
II comes to us!
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
By L. Lamar Matthews

A MAN / know stopped for Q
"A few moments conversation
one day recently.
How are your shildren?
asked, because that is the sub
iect nearest his heart.
Fine" he answered. Il have
been trying a new plan on Bran
don, and it Is working like q
charm"
"You know" he continued,
that we never could get the boy
interested in his lessons. He was
always. at the foot OF his class.
He hated to study.
perhaps he did not have
teacher that inspired him." | sug-
gested.
Yes, he had good teachers.
He was just mentally lazy" re-
piled the father. But few
months ago decided to let him
join the Boy Scouts and see If
that wouldn't arouse his pride
and interest. After ne was adj
mittted as a. Tenderfooots ] innne-
diately bought his uniform and
he was perfectly delighted when
he put it 'on.
"Then / showed him the badge
of First Glass Scout and we
talked about all the things he
would have to learn before he
became one. He began at once
to study the Scout laws, the
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
Do You Value
Tinsel More
Than Love?
By Beatrice Fairfax
Who Occupies q Unique Position
In the Writing World as an
Authority on the Problems
of Love and Marriage

HERE'S a Letter from one who
~ calls himself IAN Average
Man Possibly it explains one
reason why marriages in America
are decreasing.
.Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong!
Dingr' begins the letter. ''Just
listen to the dizzy dumb bells
ring!
This Introduction has nothing
to do with my tale OF VOC. I'm
only attempting TO describe the
feelings of a mere, man in re-
regard to present-day types of
young women.
1T seems to me that even the
class of so-called refined, respect.
able young ladies are trying their
utmost to seem gold-digsers. They
use too much makeup, wear
freakish clothes and to hear them
converse is enough to make any.
one dizzy
And still they wonder why
eligible young men are not mar
Eyfng. Do they know the type
Of womanhood that appeals to
the average normal man?
Stop. look and listen, girls.
You'n get an earful-maybe a
shock-as to what kind of young
woman man looks for nova
days.
The consensus Of opinion sim
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
BY A. L. WiIbert, M. "A.

earnings of American factory work
ers is about Sc cents an hour.
5. MANKIND. The population
of the world is about 1900, 0O0, 900.
S. HUMAN NATURE. Blessed
are the pure in heart; for they
shall see God. =
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. vi
brations, perceived by the ear, have
a rapidity which ranges from Is to
$1,000 vibrations per second.
s. LAW. The general rule is
that any person OF sound mind and
of full age may dispose of his
property by will.
8. CIVICS. There are about
$4,000 persons on the New York
police force.
10. ART. The Egyptians were
the earliest teachers of the Greeks
ii. MUSIC. A "jazz" opera,
called Light from st. Agnes"
by w. FRANKIE Harling, was recent
ly produced in Chicago.
IL. HEALTH. Germs that cause
disease are very common in earth
and, dirt of all kinds.
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
Ms

Britain, n o W.
ever, there is still talk about the
rheumatic diathesis," by which
Is meant a constitutional but
tnexplicable tendency to the
disease.
DR.. Llewellyn Jones Llewellyn
has recently discussed the dis
ease from this angle before the
Royal Society of Medicine. He
observes that rheumatic subjects
are often reddish or fair haired
and have a delicate complexion.
They are excitable, imaginative
and liable to emotional crises.
Their skin is usually dry and
subject to periodic sweating, and
they get cold fingers and chill
blains. The nerves that affect
their circulation are unstable.
They often suffer from diarrhoea.
mucous colitis. periodic attacks
OF sickness, asthma and sick
headache"
Their essential attribute is in
stability, for both their mental
and their physical response to
normal stimuli is excessive.
This failure in the capacity to
adapt is possibly due to the in
stability OF their skin functions.
The proper regulation of the skin
blood supply, its sweat secretion
and a proper amount and distri-
button of coloring matter and fat
Nafe the most important factors in
maintaining a normal tempera-
ture.
Since they are deficient the
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rheumatic subject is very sensi-
tive. to weather changes.
This lack of balance in the
skin functions is itself probably
due to q lack Of balance in the
secretions OF the internal glands,
especially the thyroid, adrena1s
and pituitary.
when the child definitely de-
velops rheumatism he is none the
less unstable; the rheumatism be-
ing only one symptom among
many. At puberty, when the sex
glands start secreting, joint swell
ings become prominent; the heart
is less likely to be affected but
the attacks Of rheumatism become
far more grave. with higher tenn
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
IN
DEMAND

FlIIE rage for calicoes and
chintzes which flourished in
aristocratic England during the
Eighteenth Century and which
declined into disrepute during
the calico apron days Of the
Nineteenth Century, is threaten
ing to return this summer as one
of the outstanding vogues Of
1925. according to q forecast in
April Good House keeping.
The old material Is, however,
disguised under new names, such
as printed cottons," printed
percales.'' or English prints"
Fashionable New York stores are
now all showing these new
cloths for home decorating US
ages.
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on heating and on the broader
subject of fire. He has prepared
a monograph on fire with its
fascinating body of folk lore and
mythology, which now awaits a
publisher. In a paper on heating
he gives first credit to Benjamin
Franklin for the adaptation OF
the stove to coal. Franklin, .
he says. "saw that the problem
was to provide an efficient draft
and proceeded to work it out on
scientific lines in 1742 for wood
burning stoves and forty years
later for coal Stoves
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
SPECIALIZED
MALES

MEN are becoming too special
AVA lied. grant them genius,
but find them lacking what 1
would call common humanity"
In everyday society they talk too
much, listen too little, and are
generally too sure of things of
which they know nothing. They
are not subtle enough. l get
more amusement, more stimulus,
out of the company OF relatively
stupid woman than out Of a
clever mani. A. r.. Wylie, Eng
fish woman novelist, in April
Good Housekeeping.
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STYLES LAST 600 YEARS

groom to the house of the bride.
They follow him through the
street in parade, and band Of
musicians bring up the rear of
the procession.
Then come the women, carry
ing food for the marriage feast.
There viii be delicacies Of many
sorts, and among them will be a
basket piled high with thin,
wafer-like plum cakes that tempt
the eye as well as the palate.
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
MARRIAGE TOO EXPENSIVE
WON'T STAY AT HOME

duction or musical comedy you'd
like to seer he inquiries as mat
ter OF form. only.
Does she encourage his wooing
by considering his pocketbook9
Does she suggest that they can
very well spend q pleasant eve
ming at home and hear some OF
The Washington times., 1926-05-03

the latest on the graphophone. or
perhaps take in 4 movie or so
for a stroll? Yes. she does NOT!
From actual experience, 1
know what at least SO out Of 100
fair damsels do. They ask the
man to hold the wire. while they
look up the evening paper. They
The Washington times., 1926-05-03

After all, most clean young
men, by the time they reach the
age OF "a or 80, IL they can ar
ford it, really want to find
suitable mate and get married.
For the benefit of serious
minded young women I'll try to
be a little more explicit. The
Young Man meets the Young
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LET'S HAVE
THOSE HINTS

HOUSEWIVES who read The
Il Washington Times are send
ing their pet schemes TOR
tightening their work. Read the
ones printed today and send yours
to the Magazine Editor. The Times
will pay 81 for each hint published.
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ment for Saturday night7"
/" No, haven't made any JET
she replies.
I'd like to see you Saturday,
IL / may
Why, certainly. I'd be very
much pleased, she answers.
So far, so good. BUT WAITE
Is there any Broadway pro-
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Here's the change" yoss czuee
for breakfast
-PUFFED RICE

is the important thing
v IN diet. People, young and old.
thrive on it-and lag behind without
it. Serving the same things too
often IS . mistake.
That's true chiefly at breakfast.
Morning appetites are hard to please.
Have food that's good" for you,
that you don't eat for that reason.
bat eat because you love it.
Pulled Rice is that kind of cereal.
Totally and wholly different from
any other cereal known, il supplies
the great adventure of variety.
II tastes like toasted nutmea4s-
selected grains of rice steam ex-
ploded to 8 times natural size, then
richly oven, toasted, that crunch Iilro
fresh toast in your mouth.
It's favor IS different, its food
value is high in the carbohydrate
of finest rice; it's the great change
your appetite Graves. Just try II.
Obtain at any grocery store.
Quaker Pulled Rice
K
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mers down to something like this:
IF could only find nice. pfain.
healthy-l looking girl who isn't jazz
crazy and doesn't think million
dollar ideas all the time, but who
is willing to settle down to regu-
lar home life and be satisfied
with q plain. honest husband, Id
get married today.
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SHE'S A REAL GOLD DIGGER

Woman. They seem attracted
to each other. All is well and
good. He takes her phone num-
Der and promises to call her UP.
Sure enough, he calls her up
the very next night. After the
usual small talk he politely in
quires: -
Have you made any appoint
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
"White Train"

A MEXICAN visitors to Deau-
"A vile and the Riviera familiar
with the famous de luxe blue"
train with it's handsome paneled
decorations, have been pleasantly
surprised at the white train" a
new international transalpine ex-
press now at the disposition of
overseas visitors.
The Washington times., 1926-05-03
For Mayonrlaise

When making Oil mayonnaise,
with egg yolks, make it little
sitter than desired. and then add
the unbeaten white. AS egg-white
is tasteless until cooked, it won't
be noticeable and will increase the
amount of your dressing
Herbert J. s. Devries, Harwill
apis, No. 402, Nineteenth and X
Streets Northwest.
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Easy Mending

Loosen the top screw on the
foot bar of your sewing machine
until the pressure is removed.
Now raise the foot and lay piece
to be mended flat and lower foot.
Holding work with hands out
outspread on each side start ma.
chine and sew backward, forward,
right or left. BY stitching slowly
and keeping work outspread. it
makes an even close darn. neat
and durable. and in much less
time than by hand.-Myrtle L.
Benckert. Clarendon. Va.