Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Al TEMPO, Bogota.-During the
Il European War the Germans. de-
prived of all exterior sources of
. supply, inasmuch as they were

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prived of all exterior sources Of
IL supply, inasmuch as they were
driven from the seas, were soon
confronted with the inpoSSibility Of re-
plenishing the necessities of life with
the original materials. They saw them
selves, therefore. required to invent all
kinds of substitutes for these things.
The "ersazt'-that is to say, the 1mi
tation-was the rule.
They had bread, but 1t was not the
usual sort of bread; 1t was nothing but
chemical counterpart, or imitation.
Meat, also, became a synthetic Wand,
and manufactured peas and beans were
the order of the day. They drew salt
peter from the air, and made rubber
out OF laboratory by-products. And
the remarkable thing about all these
substitutions was that the limitations
were better than the genuine article.
Emuleting the interesting example
of the Germans, the assembly OF the
State Of Cundinamarca announces the
discovery OF compact ration which
contains in one small cube everything
necessary to sustain life. Experiment.
ers in the government laboratories,
after patient research, have invented a
substitute for the full meal, which does
not have any of its Inconvenience in
cost, purveying or preparation. IT Is
said to taste exactly like meat. pota-
toes and gravy, only much better
We doubt very much the efficacy Of
this substitute. A meal without bulk,
without ceremony, without dirt, and,
yes, as the originators assure us, with
out microbes-could hardly be very ap-
petizing. This new subsistence would
certainly do away with the enjoyment
Of our repasts-all the pleasure many
Of us have, regardless OF what advafl-
tages are latent in the reduction Of
labor for the digestive tract.
X Is
Nicaragua Gives u. S.
Guns Of Colonial Days.
LA NOTICIA, Managua.-We. too,
have been prone at times to join in
the universal lament - everything is
for the United States!" But Just now
we are particularly willing to give them
anything they want-whether because
we are glad their armed forces are leav-
Ing our shores, or out Of gratitude for
the services, is not quite certain. It is
certain, however, that we are letting
them take as souvenirs some old cannon
from the fort of San Carlos which ac-
tually fought for them in the American
War OF Independence. When Spain
allied herself with the New England
colonies in 1779, these same guns, then
part Of the armament Of the Castillo
de Ia Conception, were fired against
Lord Horatio Nelson, and drove of the
English fleet on a number Of occasions
Now these ancient thunderers Of our
Colonial epoch are departing to become
honored relics in the country they
helped to save. If not revered as they
should be In that strange land, they
should be returned to us, for they are
ours, and bound up In our history Of
independence, too. Here we would
continually revere and cherish them,
and distinguish with legend such as
this:
with these guns did Nicaragua as.
sist, In the years from 1762 to 1850,
the efforts Of the North American
colonies to obtain their freedom. They
we're fired upon one occasion by our
patriot and heroine, RafAela Herrara,
and with them was defeated Horatio
Nelson in the River San Juan"
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Has Any One
Ever Seen Clean Cows?
THE EVENING TTMES, Glasgow
A grave statement concerning the milk
supply of this country was made be-
fore members Of the Leeds Luncheon
Club by Lord Moynihan, the famous
surgeon.
Referring to q recent speech In the
House of Lords, he said his remarks
then made probably created more dis
turbance than any maiden speech ever
made In that chamber.
It had been suggested that he had