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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28

cept stucco exterior rough
finished sanded walls and ceilings
and linoleum floors.
THE stucco exterior, the rough
finished sanded walls, and the con
crete floors to be covered by lin
oleum can be built with the cement
gun without the additional operat
ions requiring high priced carpen-
tiers and plasters. They can be made
very good looking. and linoleum
actually makes a more satisfactory
floor than hardwood. If hos buy
ers would agree TO these features
their homes could actually be bet
ter ones at lower prices.
"Steel construction with the weld
ing process not only is more salts
factory. but costs only between
one-half and two-thirds as much as
with boiling and riveting Welding
saves the cost of fabrication, the
additional process of punching the
holes for the bolts and it also re-
quires less steel for reinforcement
at the Joints.
The only drawback to welding
, is that the process in itself takes
comparatively SO much apparatus
that it would not represent much
of saving for only an occasional
house here and there. Where sew
eral houses can be built near to.
Sther at the same time, as in most
cities today, it is certain to become
widely used
Electric welding will probably
mean some changes in our style OF
architecture for homes, as steel
lends itself particularly well to the
Spanish type, with concrete and
tie floors, stucco eXteriar and the
rough-finished interior and flat
roof. High roofs and gables.
though needed for the harmony OF
certain types of architecture arc
inefficient and expensive, while
the flat roof with tar and gravel
finish, is efficient and inexpensive
and lends itself naturally to the
Spanish style"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28
SMALL HOME BUILDER AIDED
BY ELECTRIC WELDING PROCESS
New York Engineer Finds That 1t Not Only Is Alerna
tive to Noisy Ryeter, But 1t Saves Expense
in Building.

Electric welding, which has been
introduced into the steel construct
ion industry as an alternative to
the noisy riveter as well as an eco
nony, has been found by Gilbert ID.
Fish of New York City, consulting
engineer for the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany to offer improvements in the
construction of small homes by
cheapening and improving the use
Of steel in place of wooden frames.
The idea, he told a representa-
tive of The Christian Science Mont
tor, has been carried beyond the
realm Of experiment by the actual
trial of every one of the processes
involved. The result obtained prov
cd so satisfactory. he said that he
has arranged to build 10 small
homes in Nassau County l.. l.,
averaging in value about $4,000.
A second project is being arranged
for construction in Florida, and a
third is under discussion.
"Stcel construction, used, Of
course, with concrete, has the ad
vantage over wooden of being fire
resisting, and with welding has the
additional advantages of prevent
ing cracking and of making the
house vermin-proof. he said.
with wood construction it is al
most impossible to prevent cracks,
owing to the shrinkage of the tim
her as it dries. With steel held to-
gether by bolts, cracks can be
/ largely eliminated, yet even when
the beams are rivited it is impos
sible TO prevent slight play at
the joints. With welding, however,
the whole frame becomes as one
piece and the likelihood of cracks
from this source is eliminated.
Cracks, as we'll as spaces in the
walls, being the means by which
vermin and rodents circulate in a
house. the pests can be entirely
eliminated BY welding steed and
concrete construction.
THE steel and concrete house
| can be made to look like the wood
en- frame one, but it that case it
will cost more. About half the cost
of the job comes in the finishing,
| and single sides and hardwood
floors naturally run the price up.
The price can be kept lower, how
ever, if the owner is willing to ac-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28

ever being displayed by our own
Jews of America. Whenever
Christian people have lifted a
brutal heel from the neck of the
Jewish people, and have given
them the opportunity to live with
them on terms of equality and good
will, the Jews have responded as
if by magic. Although the marks
of generation of Christian perse
cution may be upon them, accom-
panied at times by defucuencies
inseparable from such servitude.
they have demonstrated their
ability in a few short generations
to forget and forgive, to develope
and to serve, and to slso TO ex-
amplcs OF the Chris -aI charities
that was withheld from them by
Christian people for so long
period
Copyright, 1926, Cosmos News
paper Syndicate Inc.)
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'Lop Lumpkins, of Dinner
Horl Holler, broke bone yester-
day. in the crossroads store re-
lated lobe Sagg, of Sandy Mush
(Which bone was it," asked the
proprietor or rffe emporium.
hain't the slightest idy | didn't
inquire, for | knowed that he has
a regular habit of getting his
bones broken by his Ford kan
sas City Star.
Did the Indians have any
fraternities or social activities?"
Certainly. Haven't you ever
heard of the Indian clubs?'-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28
WARNING ON WASTE
AND NOISE.

Progress IN making the
world both safer and happier
for democracy was reported
at a meeting Of the American
Society Of Mechanical Engin-
GERS in New York. Incident
ally, in connection with the ac-
counts of the advances in the
prevention Of waste in industry,
here is intimation that ehcien-
cy must be much increased ev-
IN in this land of efficient in
dustry before it can be said
hat there is no loss of money
because Of ignorance and care
lessness.
Prevention of waste in indus
natter. 1t is, therefore, graft
ying to read in one of the re
ports made at the New York
Meeting that manufacturers are
osing their former skepticism
n regard to research work and
ire using it increasingly to cut
1own waste in their factories.
In other words, without con-
scious intention, perhaps, they
are taking leaf from the book
IF Henry Ford, whose waste
department is reported to have
Effected an annual saving of
100000.
War on needless noise may
properly be included in the war
on waste, for the constant beat
ing on the eardrums of the inn
pulses caused by the conglon-
crate din of the cities is a nigh
ty waster of human nerve force
and energy. The engineers
we're told in particular of the
prospect that electric arc weld
ing will displace riveting in
building construction, and so
eliminate one Of the most pain
full noises of the city. The en-
gineers are engaged in other
studies that may lead to the
lessening of noise. For one
thing, it is being demonstrated
by means of instruments to
measure sound, that noise and
speed need not go together.
But there is one form OF
waste concerning which there
is less confidence of the entire
success of the work of preven-
ton. 1t is the waste due to
loss of efficiency because OF ia
tigue. The engineers are told
that some Of this waste has
been stopped, but the problem
is complex. 1t calls for the CO.
operation of the Psychologist
and the psychologist with the
engineer. More must be known
Of the causes and nature of ia
tigue as distinct from healthy
tiredness before the human ele-
ment in the industrial machine
may be regarded as having
been brought to a state Of top
most efficiency. But all things
are possible. There may be
victories in the war on fatigue
along with the victories in the
war on noise.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28
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Persons whom money could
not hire to ride in an airplane
cross traffic-crowded streets in
the middle of the block-Toledo
Blade
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28

Five been a good girl all day,
Mummie! Please may l so to bed
without listening to the bedtime
story on the radio ?"-Passing
Show.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28
PEN POINTERS

Twenty thousand people were
killed last year in accidents III the
home. 1t is not yet known now
many of these accidents were due
to those postage stamp rugs that
slip over the kitchen linoleum.
Father of % children, says Con-
gresham Upshaw. has always been
bone-dry. How in thunder colid
he afford to be anything else?
Two Kentucky school boys killed
their teacher because he called
them down. Those boys should
move to Chicago after they gradu-
ate.
Psychic investigators in London
are puzzled by a girl in whose pres
ence coins fly out of peoples peck.
cts. Have they inquired whether
she is a Follies chorus girl?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-28

Today is devoted to the justly
celebrated dove of peace.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Our Traction system.

The part of the human body where
there is the most extensive and in
tricate arterial and vein traction sys
tenn compaCted in a small space is the
lungs If the lungs We're merely hol
low places, there would of course be
only a couple of cubic feet OF space
Owing to the ramificatiOnS of the SNs
tenn. however. there are 1000 square
feet of surface in the lungs. where the
blood is exposed to the air for purif1ca
ton. When babies are first born the
lungs are pearly white. with veins ot
pink The average city man has al
most sooty black lungs, but the Es
kimo living in an almost dustless
climate, has lungs nearly as clean
as q baby's. A.,
No, what do YOU know about tF-''
Answers to Yesterdays Questths.
1. A guillemot is a bird of me aux
tribe. =,
2. A tern is a gull-lik, nlTo. put
smaller. with more slen'er olii' "e"N
feet and forked tail. at,
3. A cOrmorant Is i,ialihe' nHii-
eating bird. having sack ulioer Tue
beak in which tn prey Is held.
4. A terInaeeht is a mythological
bird of feroci,tls habits; the word has
been exter.ed to mean a scolding
s A ,tarmigan is an Arctic-Alpine
sort @ grouse.
Old squaw is a common name
fc a sea duck
(Copyright, 1926)
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Every mother understands now that
babies and children must have vege
tables very early in their lives. Breast
fed babies need their juices because
their store of iron is used up the first
few months and a mothers milk be.
comes limited in it's supply of iron
and other essential minerals during
the later months of laCtation. Bottle
fed babies need them because at best
they are being fed artificially and it
is necessary that they receive supplies
of minerals in which their formulas
may be deficient. The prevalence of
ricketts, among the babies of today
makes it essential that they be fur
nisher an adequate amount of the
minerals in which vegetables are rich.
Here is a recipe for vegetable soup
which may be used for the infant. At
first he needs be given only the soup
itself, later he may have some of the
seved vegetables included in it. The
soup may be kept for two days on the
ice.
One-fourth pound Of meat (beef,
chicken or lamb).
One medium sized potato, one car
rot and two stalks celery, or potato,
handful of spinach and carrot.
One tablespoonful of some cereal
farina, barley or rice).
Cut meat and peeled vegetables into
small pieces and wash rice or barley.
Add to two quarts of water with
pinch of salt. Cook three hours, after
which it will have boiled down one
half. Strain (rubbing vegetables
through fine wire sieve), cool and re-
move TAT.
Start with one ounce of this at the
2 o'clock feeding. At nine months one
may begin to give one teaspoonful OF
the vegetable itself, run through a
fine wire sieve and served with but
ter and a bit of salt.
Very often when a child refuses to
eat vegetables it is because they are
served so unattractively and cooked
so badly that he turns up his nose in
disgust Vegetables should be steam
ed, or boiled in a covered Kettle over
a slow fire, so that only a little water
Is needed and the water they are
cooked in can be incorporated in the
sauce that is served over them. If
fresh vegetables are impossible to
obtain a good grade of canned ones
cam be used.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Francis Bacon.

Whether his resources were small
or great, his expenditure was always
in excess of them. He was, through
out life, in bondage to money-lenders,
yet he never heSitated to increase his
outlay and indebtedness. He saw his
servants robbing him, but never said
word in protest.
BY a will which he drew up a year
before he died, he was munificent in
gifts, not merely to friends. retainers
and the poor. but the public inStitu-
tions, which he hoped to render more
efficient in public service. Yet when
all his assets were realized, the
amount was only sufficient to defray
two-thirds of his debts, and none of
his magnanimous bequests took effect.
In the Spring he would regularly
go out for ride in an open coach
while it rained, to receive, as he put
it. "the benefit of irrigation" which
he was wont to say was very whole
some, because of the inter in the
air, and the universal spirit of the
world
He had extraordinary notions re-
specting the virtues of inter, and con-
ceived it to be Of inestimable value
in the preservation of health. SO
great was his faith that he swallowed
three grains of that drug, either
alone or with saffron. in warm broth,
every morning for 80 years.
He was very fond of quacking him
self and when he heard that two
grains of so and so or pint Of SO
| and so was healthful, he promptly
started taking it.
once a week he took a dose of
Water of Mithridate." diluted with
strawberry water.
Once a month he made a point of
swallowing a grain and a half of
castor" in his broth and breakfast
for two successive days.
Every sixth or seventh day he
Evening star., 1926-12-07
DR.. Daisy M. Orleman Robinson.

One Of the most important parts Of
the work being done by the United
States Public Health Service is the
study, cure and prevention of con-
tagious diseases. This work has been
continually extended since the organi-
| zation of the service in 1898, and in
July, 1918, the Division Of Social Dis
| eases was added by the Chamberlin-
! Kahn bill.
The question of social pathology has
at last, therefore, been brought to the
status of a Government problem, and
definite measures taken to organize a
| nationwide fight against one Of the
deadliest enemies of the race. In CO.
operation with State and privately
endowed organizations, the Federal
service has enlisted it's corps Of eX-
| perts to bring this enemy into the
open.
One Of the experts in the division
| is DR.. Daisy NJ. Orleman Robinson.
NJ. S., dermatologist, acting assistant
surgeon. DR.. Robinson has remark
able record, with thorough medical
| training in this country first, and ex-
| tensive post graduate study in the
universities Of Zurich and Bern, in
Switzerland, and at the University of
| Paris. Prior to the war, she practiced
| medicine as a specialist in New York
City, lecturing as well at the New
York Polytechnic Medical School and
Hospital.
With the war came her great op-
Evening star., 1926-12-07
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON. JR.
Story of the u. S. A,

men. nor is it easy to see what they
would accomplish by statiOning this
force on this island. Gen. Howe has
set before us another of the puzzles
in which he delights, and we SHAH
not have the answer until his cen.
Clinton makes his next move.
They have already accomplished one
thing however, and that is to bottle
up Commodore Esek Hopkins Cont
mental Navy miles below providence.
The commodores fleet consists of only
five ships, but these have important
work to do. Now their approach to
the sea is blocked by Sir Peters frig-
ates unless Commodore Hopkins can
manage an escape through the many
islands in Narragansett Bay. The
commodore will prepare his ships for
q vigorous defense Of Providence in
case Sir Peter decides to continue his
journey in this direction.
The 500 American soldiers who have
been on garrison duty on the island
of Rhode Island fled northward upon
the approach of the British, leaving
Is or 20 heavy cannon behind, but
getting away with most Of their
stores. Gov. Nicholas Cooke of Rhode
Island has sent appeals to Massachu-
setts and Connecticut for levies of
militia, and has reported the invasion
to Congress, but has little hope that
aid will come from the Continental
forces.
tCopyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-12-07
MILAD,Y, BEAUTIFUL
RY LOIS LEEDS

dressing. thickened gravies. cream
souns nastires ar. candy. Strife for
n vol, haIopceS diet. being sure to
include ano,,ci salads, Spinache' cab
bape and Jther fresh vegetables.
pineannIa s. not fattening. Ittfalses
tNn siic., one inch thick to- yield as
MANY .alories as ;Ire in one slice of
brea,- about three-quarterS of an inch
mi *. Use butter sparingly and avoid
oI heavy. fried foods. (2) If y6t are
d young woman YOU may wear bright
rose. apricot, flesh, red, dark taupe.
dark bronze green, bright and. dark
blues. Orange-yellow. eCrU. golden
brown. dark brown. deep cream and
black LOIS LEEDS.
Bleaching Facial Hair.
Dear Miss Leeds: How can I bleach
dark hairs on my upper lip? Shall
use equal parts of peroxide and Nater
or peroxide and lemon juice? MI skin
is inclined to be tender. Would the
bleach make the hairs grow lOhger?
How long will ii take To bleach chem"
y. READER
Answer-PeroXide has tendency
to dry the skin. so that it should H.
used with caution on n tender skin.
1t is better to be content with Sliw
progress in bleaching than to irritatc
tho skin. Try using two parts Of r6r-
oxide to one part of water ON the hairs
every night. If you notice that the
skin is becoming sensitive, use the
bleach every other night and apply
cold cream on alternate days.. No.
the bleach will not encourages the
growth of the hairs. ! Judge It Will
take about two weeks to bleach the
hairs. but ii may take longer II YOU
are unable tO use the lotion every day.
LOIS LEEDS.
Hair on the Arms.
I. Givup-TTair on the arms MAY be
blea ched with peroxide. but IL You
want TO remove it you should Nise
OF course, the hairs will
grow In again thicker. There IS no
practical way to remove superfuous
hair from large areas permanently
except the new ray method. which is
not yet available in all localities
LOIS LEEDS.
Downright 1926)
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Answers to Food Questions

Of the intestines simply because it
has formed a mass which in itself
becomes an obstruction. My own ex-
perience with feeding a good many
hundreds Of both children and adults
has led me to this conclusion.
Is it possible to have ptomaine
poisoning from vegetables? l was
made i'll from eating vegetables that
were not fresh and that were pre-
pared with stale materials. My
mother thought the trouble was
ptomaine poisoning. but I have been
told that this is not the case.-I. o. Y
Considered from the standpoint of
chemistry, ptomaine poisoning is a
complicated condition. 1t is not nee
essary, however. 10 go into this for
practically purpose of keeping we'll
While one dislikes to make generali-
cations. it is a fairly safe assertion
to say that real ptomaine poison
comesA9nly from spoiled animal food.
| am an engineer and am just get
ting ready to go ont on a long trip
shall he busy at construction work
and should like to ask how much
more food | need than for an orii- :
nary working life at home-L p.
This is a very good question, as
not many fully understand the i'm
portance of adjusting carefully any
additions that need to be made in
such diet
Recent studies indicate that for a
person engaged in such work as yours
there should be an increase of about
SO per cent over the diet used in mod
crate work. This will give You a
rough figure by which to estimate
how much more food YOU need. II
YOU eat a little more than one e-quarter
AS much again. you are likely 10
fulfill your needs.
tCopvrght. 1Q261
Evening star., 1926-12-07
WINTER
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.
Wind.

There have been winds Of fatal
intensity these last weeks. First we
read of a cruel blast to the south Of
us. Then a destructive tornado
sweeps Texas, oklahoma and Mis-
souri,. Some of the things a wind
can do are funny; some are the most
sudden and awful calamities that can
fall upon humanity.
But the wind, whether a zephyr or
hurricane, never blows without hav-
ing great biological significance. The
lighteSt of breeZes causes evaporation
thereby the soil water keeps the pre-
cious film of the earth's water supply
going round and round in i>s cycle.
But what impresses any one who has
ever studied bacteriology or the fungi
is the fact that every breath of wind
distributes the spores of these organ
isms, giving them perhaps fresh
access to some stratum en- which they
may grow.
Wonderful things are spores. They
are the equivalent Of seeds in the
world of lowly plants that has never
attained to anything SO complex and
modern as a seed. There were minute
spores drifting around the world in
the jolly old days when dinosaurs
walked abroad; probably the wind
tossed spores about nearly barren
rocks, when life first appeared on the
earth. Some even think that spores
have drifted to us from other planets,
blown upon that mysterious thing all
scientists argue about now, the ether
drift that wind between the spheres.
Evening star., 1926-12-07
FOIBLES OF THE FAMOUS

drank an. infusion of rhubarb IN
white wine and beer Immediately be-
fore his dinner.
He made it point to take air In
some high and open place every
morning. the third hour after. sun
rise, and, if possible. he selected some
spot where he could enjoy the per-
fume of musk. violet and roses.x Re-
sides thus breathing the pure air of
Nature, he was fumigated WITH, the
smoke of lign-aloes with dried <bays
and rosemary, adding once a week a
little tobacco.
On leaving his bed he had to be
anOinted all over each day with oil
of almonds. mingled with salt and
saffron. and this was followed by
gentle friction.
He loved music and meditation, and
bestowed much flattery upon women.
Queen Elizabeth, when on a visit to
him, happened to make an observa-
ton as to the size of his house.
Madame" he replied. my house is
small. but it is you who have made
me too great for it,
Copyright 1926D
Evening star., 1926-12-07
Women Who Have Interesting Tasks
i'm the Government Service
RY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

pOrtunity for service, and she was no,
slow in taking it. The fact that she
was already widely acquainted abroad
brought her immediate calls, and the
first year, 1914-15, she spent in Eng
land. In 1915. she was appointed by
, the minister of France as a surgeon
in the Service de Sante, to help ir
such special position as chief assistant
to Prof. Letulle, noted French Pothol-
ogist and surgeon, who was in charge
Of the French military hospitals, and
later as assistant to DR.. Nernes, di
| rector of the famous Institute Phophy-
lactique in Paris. Probably the finest
single thing she had done in this latter
connection, medically speaking, had
been in Introducing the Noguchi test
Of serum diagnosis in France in 1909
and that had led to her election as the
only woman member of the French
Society of Dermatology and Syphi
lology in the same year.
That she Withstood hospital bom
bardments and other of the more s.o-
lent aspects of the war, and thai she
was awarded for her bravery ard her
devoted service the gold medoI OF cpl
denies and contagious DISEASES ana
the medaille de reconnaissance pE the
minister of war, fade INTO 1nslgnlh-
canoe in her opinion<oeslde ner otner
achievement of p.re science. The
French Academy OF Science awarded
of recognitics Of her work and her
publications"
She ganed the rank of surgeon
IN trI United States Medical
Corr,s (R) in December, 1920. but she
diS not come to her present office until
January. 1925. Since that time, she
has edited the magazine of the Public
Health Service. Social Pathology"
and gives lectures on public health in
various parts Of the country upon re-
quest, acting as a consultant at the
request Of the State boards of health.