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Science Leads Drive Against Fat

without burning up the fat. The result
at ALL
Then, too, the fight against fat takes
on an international aspect at times,
and the good doctor finds himself striv-
ing to wean foreign-born men and
women from their native dishes-dishes
they learned to love in the home lands
He finds it imperative, for instance, to
warn Italian Americans against liberal
indulgence in macaroni and olive oil,
which last is practically pure fat, and
the Czechoslovakian against potato
dumping and rich cakes. Many big
eaters, in the opinion of the doctor, ac-
quire the habit in childhood, because
Of mothers solicitude lest they fail
to get enough or show signs of failing
attitude. And he is not prepared to
say that tendency toward fat IS not
due to some vagary of nature, hereditary
once 1t has been established by big
eating father or mother.
One of the theories about fat which
Dr. Bauman is continually refuting and
which he regards as perniciously false
is the belief sometimes held that it is
natural-and, therefore, rather subject
for jest and ongratulation-that persons
should grow heavier and more corpu-
lent as they grow older. He cites in
surance statistics to show that the aver
age weight of women Of feet inches
at 20 is 14l, while for women of the
same height at SO it has increased TO
1863. He makes the point that fat at
any age is like burden, and that
carrying SO pounds of it upstairs, in
your system, is practically as much
strain on the heart and vital organs as
toting a 50-pound sack of oats from
one floor to another. At the same
time, he declares, fage weakenS the vital
organs progressively unity death, as
every one knows.
rs it natural or desirable, then, that
as your body grows weaker you should
put more and more strain in the form
of fat upon it?" he asks his patients,
and the logic Of the query is inescap-
able
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portrait brought in as much as her
mother cleared in years, drudgery.
X X X
CHE surrounded herself with beautiful
~ things, wore beautiful clothes, and
from time to time, remembering with
compassion in place of the old hatred,
the narrowness of the life she had left
behind her, she tried, half -humorously,
to imagine little alterations of it.
Once it came to her that the prin-
cipal of the high school where she had
been so wretched, had as his chiefest
treasure a book printed at least 100
years ago." in the words of his invari-
able proud description of it.
AS soon as this recollection came to
her. she set out to buy him half a
dozen old tones, none of them to be
less than 800 years old She was
pleased with the thought of his delight,
pleased too, with an Grand that gave
her reason to make long-delayed
expedition to browse among the book
stalls along the Seine.
She found it amusing enough, as she
loitered in the golden-gray April after
noon, although it was hard to keep her
mind on books with so fascinating
contrast in surfaces before her eyes as
that between the unyielding stony gray
VI the DIlQSe piers ana JIle SWlTlulB
liquid gray of the river
This reminded her of something else,
which did not come at once to mind as
she listened to the familiar chat of the
old bookdealers, delighted to find one
American lady not too much in hurry
to hear their "reminiscences, to listen to
the lore of their trade, to their much
priced literary memories-if made
moiselle cared to look, she might
Mademoiselle, the portrait-painter, but
mildly interested in books that, with one
exception had always been her enemies
rather than her friends, suddenly
thought of what had come into her mind
as her eye had noted the strong stiff
ness of the gray stone and the CULVER
ing brightness of the gray water
1T is like the contrast" she told her
self, amused, between the hard, resist
ant structure of human forehead and
the liquid life in human eyes"
X X X X
CHE had forgotten for an instant the
- dealer beside her and his drone of
gossip: she thought she was unconscious
of anything in her mind save this fam
ciful notion, when, as if she had been
stabbed from behind, she felt herself
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Before she had had time consciously
to recognize it, it had swept her back to
the moment when she had first held it
in her hands. Startled by her emotion
but once more herself and living in the
triumphant present. she stood looking
at it, her heart beating fast.
What it had meant to her, that book!
The key that had let her out of prison.
But for it, she might still be there,
sitting.
She took it into her hand now, the
copy before her, wondering how it came
there among that driftWood and wreck
age.
AS she opened it, she saw on the title
page some words written in a pointed
Gallo hand 1t was dedication: ITO
Alice Renaud, in respectful recognition
of her great talent"
"A beautiful binding" said the book
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pierced through and through with a
mortal sickness
1t was the old misery-she knew it
well-from which she thought she had
been redeemed forever.
Standing there in the sunlight, ma
ture, free, strong, at the height of her
developed powers, she turned faint to
feel again for an instant the sullen
malignant rage of the helpless child
poisoned by her own imprisoned gift,
too sunk in despair even to beat her
hands against the bars.
Her eyes swept about her wildly, to
see what object could thus have thrust
her back into the black pit. She knew
at once.
Among the books in the box before
her was one bound in green and gold
a slim, exquisite volume, Les Fleurs de
lame"
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Most civilized races have been IA
miliar with the caress for CEN
turtles, but kissing is still unknown
among millions of the earth's inhabi-
tants. Many of the semi-civilized races,
including the EskimoS. the natives of
Madagascar and Terra del Fuego, the
South Sea Islanders and most African
tribes, do not include kissing, as we
know it, III their love-making. They
may rub noses or cheeks. smack one
another on the arms, blow ON one an
others hands or rub the right ears to-
gether as a sign of friendly greeting,
but kiss they do not.
Among the Greenlanders, Malays
end other races curious nose salute
takes the place Of the kiss. The Malay
kiss IS described thus by Darwin;
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kiss the ground before honored feet.
And in India kissing the feet was COM
mon means of expressing veneration.
Among the early Christians the kiss
had an almost sacramento significance.
A ceremonial kiss of peace, exchanged
between members of the congregation
at the communion service. was custom
airy until the fifth century. and the
practice is still perpetuated in the Greek
Church when the faithful salute one
another in the Easter kiss In modern
church ritual the relics of the saints,
the embroidered cross on the slipper of
the Pope, and the hands of bishops,
are still kissed by their followers. In
law sworn statement. supported by
kissing the Bible, is considered a sacred
oath,
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seller. noting her interest In the book.
Executed in the Calm ateliers."
How much?" she asked him. She
must rescue from PROCLAMATION this other
dedication, so strangely come to
Ten sous" said the dealer, "or eight
sous if you take two"
"TWo?" She looked in surprise from
the book-dealer to the book in her hand.
He showed a pile of bright, fresh,
green-and-gold volumes, all Las Fleurs
de lame" Three for sixteen SOUS" he
said persuasively. She lifted her top
book of the pile. There was a dedica-
ton
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W tIlUllIldJP MOVIES ana
SWeetheartS."
This was the opinion of Judge who
recently acquitted young man brought
before him for disorderly conduct and
specifically charged with petting in a
motion picture theater.
Thus the judge indicated his belief
that kissing is not practice which can
be ruled in and out of communities,
like daylight-savi;,g time. Such fads
as meatleSs diets and bobbed hair may
come and go, but since the time of the
first recorded !-!sses in the Book of
Genesis the ancient custom of kissing
has continued from one generation to
another.
Some who agree with the judge have
looked up the subject and found first
of all that opinions differ widely as to
the origin of kissing. The first kiss is
probably nearly as old as the first man
and woman. One school advances the
theory that it is relic of cannibaliSm
and holds that at it's origin the Gus
tom was nothing more or less than a
modified bite" This hypothesis prob
ably accounts for the saying that one
can love a person well enough to eat
him.
Prof. Lombroso traces the kiss back
to an original act of fond maternal
care. Primitive man had no cups and
when he was thirsty he knelt by a
brook and drank after the fashion of
animals. Such a method was impos-
sible for an infant, hence 1t was the
practice for the mother to fill her
mouth with water and, placing her lips
to those of the child. inject the liquid
into the baby's mouth. According to
this theory, kissing is an example of
70 I1n tUnn
out Of these early maternal careSSeS de-
veloped the lovers kiss.
Still other authorities claim that
kissing was a simple form of saluta-
ton which had its primitive basis in
the senses of smell and taste.
y " y *
WHATEVER its origin, kissing has be-
w come a widespread institution in
civilized countries. With us, the kiss
has become specialized so that 1t now
symbolizes the most sacred pledge OF
love
Its magic has inspired countless poets.
Yet the kisses of history have not all
been lovers careSses. Its varied forms
have at all times expressed sympathy,
gratitude humility, reverence ana ny
pocrisy.
Originally. in Oriental life. the kiss
HaQ religious SISIllllCdllNC' WiIli tlIC
ancient Jews and TeutonS 1t was a
mark of veneration and affection and
as common a salutation between men
as the handshake is today. The early
Arabians Worshiped their gods with
kisses. Household gods were thus
greeted on entering and leaving the
home And with the Persians the kiss
of honor was a national custom, Herod-
otus, in speaking of their manners and
customs, says e.
IF Persians meet at any time by ac-
cident. the rank of each party is easily
discovered; if they arc of equal dignity,
they salute each other on the mouth;
if one is inferior, they only kiss the
cheek; if there be a great difference In
rank. the inferior falls PROSTATE on the
ground"
A customary expression Of love among
the Abyssinians was to kneel down and
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Kiss Has Its Historic Background

"The women squatted with their
faces upturned: my attendants stood
leaning over them, laid the bridges OF
their noses at right angles over those of
the women and commenced rubbing
1t lasted somewhat longer than hearty
handShake with US"
The odiouS regard in which the Eu-
ropean kiss is held by the Chinese is
mentioned by, Havelock Ellis To them
IL suggests Voracious Cannibals, and
ChlneSe mothers in the French colonies
still brighten children by threatening
to give them the white mans kiss. He
also tells of some Indian hill tribes
where the olfactory kiss is found, the
nose being applied to the cheek during
salutation, with strong inhalation.
In the Land of the Rising Sun, too,
kissing is unfamiliar And love-making
IN any form as prelude to marriage
nnds small place in Japanese ethics.
Latcadio Hearn writes that Kisses and
embraces are simply unknown in Japan
as tokens of affection, if we except the
solitary fact that japanese mothers
like mothers all over the world-lick
and hug their little ones at times.
After babyhood there is no more hug
ging or kissing: such actions, except
IN the case of infants are held to be
ImmodeSt. Never do girls kiss one an
other; never do parents kiss or embrace
their children who have become able
to walk"
X ISSING appears to have been the
ancient and honorable method of
salutation in England. Five hundred
years ago a Greek traveller, describing
this universal British custom, wrote:
LAS for English females and children,
their customs are liberal in the extreme.
For instance, when visitor calls at a
friends house his first act is to kiss his
friends wife; he is then duly installed
guest. Persons meeting in the street
follow the same custom, and no one
sees anything improper in the action"
Even modern flaming youth could
not complain of any lack of freedom
in those days. And perhaps the trav-
eler from Greece recalled an ancient
law of his own country, which provided
that any person found guilty of kissing
woman on the public streets should
be PVT to death. Thus a precedent was
set for the old Massachusetts law.
which read:
II any man shall kiss his wife, or
wife kiss her husband, on the Lords
day, the party in fault shall be pun
ished at the discretion of the Court
of Magistrates"
Innumerable Old-World customs CEN
ter around the kiss. A version of
an early Lenten ceremony survives in
England today:
On Maundy Thursday the kings
ana queens of England personally
washed and kissed the feet of as many
poor people as they themselves num-
oered In years and bestowed gift. or
maundy, upon each. Queen Elizabeth
performed this royal duty at Greenwich
when she was 80 years old. The feet
OF SO poor persons were first washed by
the yeoman of the laundry with warm
water. and sweet herbs, afterward by
the sub-almoner and lastly by the
Queen herself, the person who washed
making each time a cross upon the
pauper's foot, above the toes, and kiss
ing 1t. This ceremony was performed
by the Queen kneeling. being attended
by 80 ladies and gentlemen. Clothes,
victuals end money we're then distrib-
uated among the poor
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BY MARJORIE MEARS.

Xxx YHEN a man can't take his
- Il | sweetheart to movie
NV and kiss her, it's better
to eliminate movies and
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"A BEAUTIFUL BINDING" SAID
THE BOOKSELLER, NOTING
HER INTEREST In THE BOOK.
"EXECUTED IN THE CALM
ATELIERS."
HOW MUCH?" SHE ASKED
HIM. SHE MUST RESCUE FROM
PROCLAMATION THIS OTHER
DEDICATION.
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ITO young Arthur Croyaille, great
artist of the future" The next. For
Annette LeGoff. from the discoverer of
her genius" For little Georges Rollin,
whose gift will some day amaze the
world"
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7 T Err father had given up the fight
long before Helena could re-
member. leaving behind him
Il 4 only photograph of a sensi-
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portrait brought in as much as her
mother cleared in years, drudgery.
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sacks yellows, U. S. No. /. medium to
large size, 400.
Peaches-Too few sales reported to
quote.
Pears-Supplies light: demand light,
market steady. New York, bushel bas-
kets Seckels, No. !, 2.0oa225; few $50;
Bartletts, No. /. medium to large size,
2.75a300. Washington, boxes, Bart
let's. medium to large size, 3.25a3.50,
mostly $50.
Potato Prices.
Potatoes Supplies moderate; demand
light. market steady. Pennsylvania,
150-pound sacks round whites. u. S.
No. l. 2.00a215 East Shore Virginia,
cloth-top stave barrels, Cobblers, u. S.
No. /, 2.25a2 40.
Sweet Potatoes-Supplies light: de-
mand light, market dull; nearby, Mary
land, bushel hampers, Nancy Halls,
No. 1, LOCALES.
Carrots-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady: Colorado. Western
lettuce crates, punched, $50.
Beets-Supplies very light; demand
slow, market dull: Colorado. Western
lettuce crates, punched, 3.25a350.
ntaloupes-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull: Colorado, standard
flats, 12s and 15s. salmon tints. 75a
1.00 miscellaneous melons. supplies
light, demand light market dull:
Colorado, standard crates, Honey Dews,
all sizes. 1.25a175,
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other hand many factors are highly
favorable to the maintenance of con-
struction activity. Issue Of building
permits is high. These are no longer
recognized as a reliable indicator, but at
present the conclusion drawn from
them is supported by other evidence.
The number of contracts awaiting
award and the specifications now in
the hands of builders and architects
and engineers is extremely large. More
over, projects which will begin before
December 81 have already been au-
thorized by directors of corporations
and municipal authorities in large
numbers
The labor situation in the building
trades is most favorable. There have
been remarkably few labor disputes this
year and none of Importance seems i'm
pending. On the other hand. individual
worker efficiency has improved ma
terially since 1925. Wages are high and
employers are contented to allow them
to remain so as long as the situation
remains uncomplicated by disputes.
There is some agitation for a flve-day
week as opposed to the present i've
and-a-half- day period. This is meeting
more opposition from the workers than
the employers, who have always felt
that the half day on Saturday was
unsatisfactory.
Material Prices.
Building material prices are slowly
rising, but they still are about 3 per
cent under the levels obtaining year
ago. Prices of lumber and paint are
relatively the lowest, and it is worthy
of note that these are two of the ma
terial times which are prospering. The
lumber manufacturers have used ex-
cellent Judgment. Instead Of complain
Evening star., 1928-10-11

smoked hams, 27a28; smoked shoulders,
2la22; bacon, 22a24; lard, 1914.
Live stock-Calves, 1516a16; lambs, IA
Fruit and Vegetable Review.
The daily market report on fruits and
vegetables Compiled by the Market
News Service Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) says:
Apples-Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady; Boxes, Washing
ton. medium to large size. extra fancy
Delicious. $50: extra fancy and fancy
Winter Bananas, 225a2.50: ripe, 200;
extra fancy Jonathans, 2.50a2.75: ripe
zoo: buShel baskets, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, U. S. No. /, 2la inches up;
Grimes. mostly 1.25; Jonathans, 100a
1.25; Delicious, 175a2.00; unclassified
various varieties. 2l2 inches up, 75a1 90
Cabbage-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market steady; New York, 90-100-
pound sacks, Domestic Round type
$50.
Celery-Supplies light: demand light,
market steady. New York, "a crates
2.25a2.50.
Grapes - Supplies liberal; demand
light, market steady. California, lugs
Flame Tokays, 1.25a1 so; Delaware, 12-
quart climax baskets Concords, so. New
York, 12-quarts climax baskets Con-
cords. 55a571a; few 60: 4-quart climax
baskets Delawares and Niagaras, 17a18;
Concords. 1920 Michigan, 12-quart
climax baskets. Concords, so.
Lettuce-Western stock. supplies mod
erate; demand light, market steady.
California. crates Iceberg type. As doz-
en-, 450a5.00; Colorado. crates Iceberg
type. AS dozen, 425a450. Eastern
stock. supplies light: demand light,
market steady; New York. 2-dozen
market steady; Michigan, 100-pound
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ing bitterly over the fact that they were
not making money. they set about to
get rid of excess stocks. to improve
shipping and selling methods. to reduce
production to consumptive demands and
to build up the use, of lumber by well
thought out, sound educational methods.
AS result they say that are "out OF
the woods
The paint men have done splendidly
not only by skillful advertising, but by
development of new and attractive
products. The glass industry has just
begun to get back on its feet, but is
still suffering from foreign competition.
The cement industry undoubtedly is
overmilled at present. Consequently
the outlook is for fairly stable prices,
small margins of profits and keen COM
petition.
Price War.
The roofings with asphalt as a base
have been in the throes of price war
and competition promises to continue
keen, but there are indications that
manufacturers will cease cut-throat
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Merger Plan Reported.

NEW YORK. october IL OP).-Terms
are reported to have been reached for
the merger of the United Security Bank
& Trust Co. of San Francisco and the
Merchants National Trust & Savings
Bank of Los Angeles into new bank
expected to be called the Bank of Amer
lea. The merger will bring together
about 140 branches into an institution
of 1895 00O. 900 resources. Bancitaly Cor
poration owns a large interest in the
United Security and has played an ac-
tive part in the negotiations.
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Plan Stock Purchase.

NEW YORK. October II CP).-Bsnk-
ers are negotiating to buy one-third of
the 200 900 shares of capital stock in the
privately owned Curtis Manufacturing
Co. of st. Louis, it was announced to-
day. 1t is planned to offer the stock to
the public and list it on the Chicago
Stock Exchange
Evening star., 1928-10-11

methods and their products may show
an advance in prices.
The brick manufacturers are now
receiving about per cent less for their
products than a year ago, but there is
a greater demand for brick. Produc-
ers of building specialties, such as
builders hardware. plumbing supplies,
elevators, radiators and heating and
ventilating systems, wall board, wall
paper, tile and gypsum are in favored
position.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
Comnanv Renorts Profit.

NEW YORK, october IL R).-The
Union Electric Light & Power Co. of
Missouri, for the year ended August 81.
reports net income of s5,8o6.067, against
S4,764,334 in the preceding year.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
RECORD BUILDING
YEAR IS FORECAST
Contracts Thus Far Awarded
Give Promise of Banner
Construction Era.
BY 7. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, october 1.-THE big
gest building year in the history of the
United States is now assured. Actual
contracts awarded so far this year have
broken all previous records.
Even the banner period of 1926 has
been surpassed. Increases in the
amount of certain types of construction
have ranged from to we'll over 20 per
cent, as compared with the correspond
ing period of 1927. 1t will be better
than seven billion dollar construction
year, according to contractors.