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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09
POPULARIZATION OF
AVIATION SHOWN
IN WORDS
How the Change from "AerOplane"
to "Airplane' Shows the InIlu-
ence OF Popular Interest

AS soon as a discovery of an In
vention is new, and as awkward as
a just Matched duckling not quite
steady on its feet, you can usually
count upon it that it will seek a
name that carries with it grave dig
nifty from ancient Latin or Greek. II
seems inevitable that this should
happen. The public has a weakness
for big names for new things-un-
til, and only until, the newness
wears off. Then shortcuts and nick
names begin to come in great
rush.
First flivvers and other such We
hicles were very properly called
automobiles" 1t was long word,
but those few people who mad the
new contraptions liked the WORD
lust because it was long and sound
ed very important. But as cars be-
came more numerous, and the pub
lie at large had to talk about them'
they were nicknamed "autos.
Nickname a Sign Of Adoption
But a nickname is always good
sight shows affection and a
hearty welcome. Let a stranger
come among a group of people, and
he is at first "Mr." to them all. Then
they begin to call him bob" or
whatever his first name may be-.
That is the sign of good-fellowship,
for it shows he has been accepted"
He is one of the gang after that!
So it was with automobiles. When
people began to call them auto"
it showed that the car had come to
stay-it had won its place in the
popular mind, and therefore it be-
longed in the popular vocabulary.
Nowadays, with the growing in
terest in aviation-at present at a
fever heat with trans-Oceanic and
trans-continental f1ights--the same
change in words can be observed.
AerOplane Becomes Airplane
For at first it was necessary that
you should say "aeroplane" when
you were referring to a flying ma
chine that went through the air. It
took a word like aeroplane to ex-
press all the awe people felt, and
also to emphasize that this new
discovery was extremely unusual
and out of the ordinary. So it was,
and the name aeroplane persisted
for a while, even though it was
something of a tongue-swister TO
pronounce it properly.
The "aero-" part of the word, how
evaI. is inst the Creek for "air."
And the word air is ever so much
better. So finally the form "airplane"
came into use. and was adonted Off
cially. as recorded bv Webster's
New International Dictionary: "The
form airDIane has been officially
adonted by the United States Army
and NAVY. Bureau of Standards, etc"
The nickname "plane." now often
used. again shows how aviattou-has
become nonu1ar and has found its
Mace in the popular vocabulary.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

You've Miss Ulysses perks her ears
md listens to the siren call of the
needing locomotive. Winter travel
time is near, and far-oh regions in the
Iouthland and the west-in fact ale
most anywhere except just where she
Is at the moment-are halOoing to
her in tones of invitation. This cos
tume-you can slip any kind of q
coat over it from a sports coat on
Is charming for a journey. To carry
But the geometric design Of the trim
ming bands the front skirt is joined
across the front in a pointed outline.
A decorative buckle fastens the mar
row belt Consider only your needs
to choose a material, for this frock
will have character in silks or woods
with a clever combining of contrast
ing color or fabric for the trimming
bands
Light weight wool jersey with crepe
de chine bands or sheer wool georgette
with lighter or darker trimming bands
make a practical and smart frock
whether you travel or trot about at
home. Silk crepe or crepe de chine
with velvet to match or a contrasting
shade of the same material and two
sides of a reversible silk or satin
crepe are other ways OF emph lsiZine
the fine points of this useful dress
(CopwiOht. 1897. By BGtterickJ
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

made chiefly from fossil gums dis
solved by heat in drying oils and
treated rosin. Where the surface is
subjected to extremely hard wear,
there is no finish so satisfactory. If
color is desired paint may first be
used and finishing coat of varnish
added, or a color-varnish may be
used.
Choosing the correct finish is as
important as choosing a good pro-
duct. Failure in either respect is
costly. But good paint or good
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

So valuable was the Mexican ca
Gao bean up to fifty years ago that
the entire populace of Mexico used
it as money. One bean passed for a
cent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

In these days when the newly
weds begin their desperate imita-
ton of the rich, cooling may suffer a
slight decline but the billing turns
up all right on the first of the month.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

An ambition to own skyscraper
is lofty ideal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-09

varnish, correctly used, is an econ.
omy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

and a. Russian gentleman and an
| Armenian lady in the truck.
At the last moment, however, came
Brown, the man at whom the shots
had been fired the night of the hold
up. and now to be our escort and
guard.
1t was a gray and windy day. The
Tigris, on which we had SO gayly float
ed in our goofa, was drab and swollen
under the bridge as we crossed it.
The palms bent to the gale, and the
dust of a thousand years stung our
faces and filled our eyes.
And when we emerged into the
desert it was worse. The dry soil
rose in clouds. and the wind gave it a
cutting quality I had not foreseen.
That night, back in the khan at
Quebeissa again. found that large
portion of the hair below my hat had
been neatly sheared off by the flying
sand!
OF conversation there was none.
All Of us were watching the track,
along which our Mahmoud Ali Has
san drove us at a blood-curdling rate.
The speedometer went to ninety. a
hundred kilometers. and stayed there.
clutched my hat. the Head held to
the top brace with one hand and a
side brace with the other. And for
three days. more or less, I clutched
and the Head held on, across the
desert once more.
1t was on the second day that we
sighted the Camel Corps again. We
had crossed the Wadi Harum without
trouble, and were within a half mile
Of the scene of the murder when along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
dng the Proper Diet for Sensible Control of Ones Weight

foods were being selected with q view
to avoiding nutrition of the body
rather than securing il.
After all, the real appeal to a wom-
an is the appeal of beauty and sex
ATTRACTION. For these she is likely
to sacrifice more than for any other
interest. unless it be that of her chill
dren. 1t has been argued that the
modern boyish figure is more beauti.
full than the curves of an earlier day
but essentially the curve Is fundamen.
tai to beauty. Actually, the really
beautiful consists Of that which is
healthful and efficient. or that which
most closely approximates the work
of nature. The craze for thinness is
an attempt to modify the process of
nature by means against which ma
ture itself will inevitably revolt.
Fifty years ago girls frequently
suffered with a disease called chlorosis,
or green-sickness. 1t was a form OF
secondary anemia resulting apparent
ly from lack of sunlight, proper diet
and outdoor air. That disease has
disappeared because of the change
in woman's life which brings her more
closely back to nature. Is IL worth
while to sacrifice the fine type of
womanhood today in an attempt TO
secure a thinness that Is equally
against nature? The movement to
prevent unwise and fanatical reduc-
ton in body weight must be consid
cred as an activity of preventive medi-
cine worthy the consideration Of
every intelligent man or woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

concerning the corset liver and the
distorted figure. Hygienists welcome
the change in fashion to a modern
type Of loosely applied body support
and to clothing that permits active
movement and normal life. One
must realize that the fashions had
advanced greatly from a hygienic
point of view long before the mania
for thinness disturbed the Nation.
Logical as it may seem to believe that
the figure to which the clothes may
be fitted controls the styles and that
the necessities of existence may have
definite bearing, a study of the
styles seems to indicate that women
have always been unreasonable in
adapting the physical body to the
styles and permitting the necessaries
Of existence to make the best of it.
Excessive fat is not always due to
overeating. There are some people
Unfortunately thin who eat tremendous
amounts Of food and who exercise
little. There are others who eat
lightly and exercise much, but who
continue fat. Any woman can starve
herself thin and a thin woman can
increase her weight by taking a large
amount of food. Nevertheless, two
persons Of equal weight and height,
eating the same amount or food, may
differ because of the effects on their
bodies of the glands which control
body growth to certain extent. In
such instances, attempts to decrease
the body weight by starvation. by en-
ercise. by manipulation. by drugs or
by other well known methods are fu-
tile.
In the text books of medicine will be
found rop0a3o0 omphaois on the factor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
2,O0OCalorie Diet No. for Adults for Reducing or
M1tntQinin0 Wei0ht

A diet moderately low in milk,
eggs, fruits and vegetables. In the
type of calorie diet, in order to in
sure an abundance of iron and
roughage, practically all the grain
products should be in the less highly
milled forms. Milk may be increased
up to two or three cups daily and
eggs to one egg daily, and if a ten
dency exists to gain weight there
What to Purchase.
Milk 1 u cups daily.
Eggs. a week.
Meat: = pound Il medium serving) 8 days
Fish. y pound Il medium serving, once a
Potatoes, II. pound Il large potato) daily.
Green or leafy vegetables. ~ pound Il large
servingl 3 times a week.
large serying) 4 times a week.
8 prunes) twice a week.
Fruit. fresh or canned, average serving las
csI i apple s or oranse) 8 times week.
Refnsd, ounce e tablespoons before
cooking) daily
Unmilled, l ounce Il medium serving).
Bread graham or entire wheat. 4 ounces a
Fat, sh ounces az tablespoonful daily
includes butter)
Sugar / " ounces g tablespoons) daily.
Cod liver oil, n tablespoon daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

I wanted a hot tub bath: in fact, dur.
ing the entire time / was in Bagdad
I wanted hot tub-bath. For / never
got it.
1 think about that hotel sometimes,
its untidy dining-room, with sparrows
stealing the food from the tables and
the crumbs from under ones very feet;
with the dishes being washed on the
floor of the courtyard in filthy, greasy
water; with the refuse. when the Brit
ish sanitary officers back is turned,
thrown out to decay on the river bank
under our windows: with its hard cot
ton pillows. which were not pillows in
our sense of the word at all, but head
rests Of some sort Of lumpy felt; and
its menu, before me as l write of
soup. mixed grilled. onion and boiled
potatoes. Irish stew and vermicelli
budding"
Heat, smells, flies and mosquitoes
came Unfortunately through our
open windows. An untidy servant
waited on us during the day. and at
night, poor wretch, lay down on the
bare boards outside our door to sleep.
Two high flights of outside wooden
stairs led from the courtyard to our
bedroom, and to reach them from the
street we traversed another court
yard, went down steep stone steps
past the bar. up more sleeper steps
into the rear court, and then began
to climb again.
And the room. when we reached 1t,
was certainly not worth the effort.
We ShOpped in Bagdad There was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

onset of disease. The experiences of
centuries have shown that a poorly
nourished body becomes much more
quickly subject to such disorders as
anemia. tuberculosis, the common
cold, or various types of infection
than does one properly upholstered
with simultaneous fat.
A STUDY of department store work
ers in .25 Eastern department
stores brought to light the fact that
much of the illness was due to poor
nutrition and especially to the COM
mon disregarding of the need for a
suitable hot noon lunch and an inter-
val of relaxation. Diet was apparently
governed by appetite or fancy and
without relationship to the quality
and variety suitable to the persons,
age and physique. Most of the i'll
digestion, or disturbance of digestion,
was due to the taking of too much
meat, tea or coffee and too little milk
and simple foods. 1t seemed that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

Jewish women in brilliant brocades of
orange and rose and green and blue.
draping the body and head. the face
concealed by what looked like the
wide end of a wire fly swatter; Grip
pied and blind men; handles carrying
and lingering their prayer beads. PEG.
pie of all nations and all creeds.
Along the street were shops and
coffee houses. Here and there was
native hotel, its upper windows jeal-
ously screened; the womens quarters.
The shops were dull and uninterest-
ing. but a narrow by street was the
Street of the Silver Workers. Here
they squatted over their small fur
naces and anvils, and made by hand
their tiny cups and coffee pots, and
their cigarette cases inlaid with
anthony.
But it was in the great bazaar that
we saw native life at its noisiest. its
dirtiest, and it's most pitiful. Its
streets only paths, so crowded In
places that two people can pass with
difficulty: on either side. each mer-
chant sits cross-legged within a tiny
cubicle, his small stock spread before
him. Rooted in as 1t is, the air is
bad, the heat atrocious. The earth
underfoot Is dank with the accumu-
lated filth of ages.
Through the crowd goes coolie.
bent double and carrying on his back
a structural steel beam! 1t is an
I.beam, possibly Is feet long, or even
more. His feet wide apart. his face
male his breath coming in gaSpS, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

work. No doubt the changes in femi-
nine costumes have been partially
due to this cause.
v y X
PSYCHOLOGISTS view with alarm
the present tendency in this coun.
try to underestimate the importance
of maintaining women as feminine
personalities. Indeed, Patton has said
that the independent traits and asso-
ciated conditions which mark the pres
ent trend in the development of the
American woman produce an insid-
iously dangerous form of egotism
which may evenuate in a disturbance
in the social status of the home. Actu.
ally some specialists N the psychology
of sex assert that the tendency in
woman to change her form, her mode
of life and her interests will result in
perversion Of sex attraction which
may be Of the most serious character.
Coupled with almost every new de.
velopment in modern life comes the
commercialization of public interests
for financial gain. ,rhe increase Of our
knowledge Of calories and vitamins, of
exercise and massage, of electric ap-
paratus and thyroid extracts, has
made the control of the body weight a
highly technical matter. Newspapers,
magazines and billboards are deluged
with advertisements Of nostrums of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

few final words to the family to be
delivered in case of accident, and at
5 o'clock of a Monday morning q
large and handsome car stopped in
front of our hotel. 1t was brand new.
luxurious and--one hoped-more or
less bulletproof.
BY $50 am. a Swiss gentleman
with an agreea BILE smile and no con-
versation had settled himself beside
the driver: we had picked up Madame,
a delightful and polygot person who
changed from German to French,
from English TO Arabic, without.
probably, splitting an infinitive; the
Captain, who is an official of the COM
pany, had placed a revolver in a side
beside it, and we were off.
Bit by bit, here and there. / got the
story of the French vice consuls wife.
and a sad story 1t was.
The murdered woman, with her
husband and baby, had been en- route
from Bagdad to Beirut. They had
crossed the Wadi Harum. that
treacherous creek in which later the
automobile was to stick, and a few
miles beyond it out of the darkness
bullets began to rain on the car.
and the. car came to a stop. After 1t
had stopped, the shooting continued,
aimed at the chauffeur. but it was the
woman beside him who was struck
and MORALLY wounded.
The Bedouins paid no attention to
her. AS she lay dying, they rifed
the car and the travellers, taking also
the vice consul's dispatch bags. which
were found the next day slit open
and their papers scattered about.
They departed. and the second car
of the convoy found this small tragedy
of the desert awaiting them: A dead
woman who still clutched in her hand
her baby's shoes; crying. hungry
child and a distracted father.
They got to the ruins of Palmyra
and the Arab village built within the
Temple of the Sun. And from there
the word went out. Immediately the
strong hand of the British Govern
ment took hold. 1t sent out it's camel
police in force, and from the guilty
tribe it took IL hostages to be hanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

and the impassive Englishman they
| had tried to kill.
l do not even know if Brown was
able to identify them. He was not
| laxative. But they had been turned
over by their tribe as the guilty ones.
and the justice Of the desert is quick
| and sure.
| At a word from the officers, the
murderers were taken back to their
camels. The soldiers swung into their
| saddles. the animals rose, and at
brisk trot the imposing procession
moved on. Equally impressive, Brown
| got into the car and we, too, started
off. He never referred to the matter
again.
1t rained the next day. Not a real
rain. but a small. fine drizzle. which
was hardly a rain at all. 1t was
the third day saw us west of the
ruins of Palmyra and wallowing in
apparently bottomless mud.
Our water was gone, and Of our
food only two oranges remained. The
sun came out. and while it was dry
ing the mud it was boiling us. Only
hundred and fifty miles or so to the
west of us lay Damascus. and food and
civilization-strange to think Of Da-
mascus as civilization - but they
seemed a million miles away.
Late that night / crawled up the
high steps of the Grand Hotel de
Boisseul in Beirut.
/ needed a bath. / needed every
thing. A tray of food was brought
to the room, but could not even eat
Thankfully but stif1y I pushed a
chair beside my high bed, mounted Il,
and crawled in.
(CoDvright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
The 2,OOO-CaIoyie Diet as Reducing Diet

Any one of the 2,000-calorie diets
given with the following articles may
be used as a reducing diet for person
whose estimated needs are greater
than 1000 calories and who has been
accustomed to more than 1000 calories
daily.
The amounts of various foods, such
as milk. eggs, fruits, vegetables and
meat, differ in these 2,000-calorie diets,
yet each diet contains approximately
the same number of calories, and each
will furnish adequate amounts of
building materials and regulators.
The diets rich in fruits and vegetables
provide with especial liberality for a
surplus of vitamins. The choice from
these diets may be made safely on the
basis OF taste and capacity OF pocket
book.
If you like fruit and vegetables bet
ter than meat, or are particularly fond
of milk and eggs or enjoy meat espe-
cially, you can adjust your diet to fit
your taste, and still reduce. The va
riations in the diets listed below sug-
gest changes you can make to fit con-
ditions in your own family and
locality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

varying efficiency and danger, guaran-
teed not to speed up the body activi-
ties and to lessen it's absorption Of
food. Intricate electric manipulating
or vibrating devices are offered to
women of ample figures and means
for weight reduction purposes. Chew
ing gums containing dangerous drugs
are distributed on the streets.
Photograph records are developed
especially for systematic exercises
which are taken without regard to the
physical condition Of the person con-
cerned. Even the radio spouts calls
themes to which women roll or somer-
sault on the floor in an attempt to
release themselves of what they think
lis superfluous poundage. !,
The diets that are offered may be
suitable, but more often than not re-
duce the amount of essential food
substances, with resultant disease,
rather than to reduce carefully all
along the line. as is necessary II
disease is to be avoided. The flapper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Mineral Microbes.

SOME interesting experiments have
been made with ancient medals.
vases and so forth of lead that are
gradually disintegrating in the mu-
scum of Cluny. After q certain num-
Der of years they. fall into dust. The
cause. it is thought, lies in the pres
ence of minute quantities of saline
matter, with which the objects have
become impregnated during their long
burial in the soil or under water
These microscopic impurities pfAy
the part of bacteria and microbes in
living bodies. In other words, the
lead is ''sick," end unless the noxious
matter can be aemoved will inevitably
perish. Curiously enough, it is found
that If traces Of salt are impaired To
fresh mass of lead. it is attacked
and eventually falls to pieces like the
objects In the museum or Ciuny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

may be an accompanying slight de-
crease of sugar, fat and cereal. In
creased milk and eggs improve the
quality Of the diet and make posi-
BILE more easily planned menus.
Ingenuity is needed to make this diet
interesting. More attractive and more
varied diets. may be secured from
the 2.0O0-calorie diets, 2, g. 4 and
5, which follow diet /.
Explorations.
About 1 "a. ounces Of American cheese or q
ounce of cottage cheese may replace / cup
milk frequently if desired.
Meat fat may be omitted il some reduction
in calOries is needed
Preferably salt water fish,
Use raw vegetables frequently
Use oranges, grapefruit or tomato frequently.
To allow for -four used for thickening or in
cakes or cookies.
Breakfast cereal. One slice graham or whole
but must not carry exss- butter with it,
Includes bacon, fat used in COOKING, thick
cream. salad dressing unless dressing il
made with mineral oil.
Includes sugar in molasses, Jelly. narmalade.
For lack of time spent in direct sunlight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

AN ingenious form of roller skate
lie a two-wheel model that is pro-
PEELED by the weight of the skater. 1t
in claimed that 20 miles an hour can
be readily covered over ordinary ma
oahamized roads by this device with
out great strain on the skaters mus
cies. These skates are operated by
transferring the weight of the body
from one skate to the other. the oper-
ator going through the same move
ments as If he were treading.
The footpiece is attached to a steel
shaft. which works UP and down and
is known as the motor screw" or
worm. As one foot is lifted the wheels