davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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ject for similar studies. Scores of ele-
plants had been considered. But each
was rejected because of inadequate
size. or over-age, or restless tempera-
ment. until one day DR.. Benedict
spied Jap walking along a street in
New York. carrying an advertising
banner and surrounded by children.
Her huge bulk and obviously placid
manner caught the scientists atten-
ton Immediately. He knew that his
20-year search for a suitable elephant
was to be rewarded.
Jap worked willingly with the scien-
fists until they tried to cut down on
her food. She would spend hours at a
time in small air-tight metal-lined
compartment. She even allowed her
trunk to be placed in a tube so that
nose breathing" could be measured.
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kosozins Section

She was compliant while her rate of
heartbeat was being recorded by a
delicate electrical device. Similarly
she permitted her temperature to be
taken at more than score of places
on her body. But she must have her
hay or some agreeable substitute.
Most of what she ate, the studies
showed. was not digested. Only about
forty percent of the energy content
of the hay was used by the elephant,
to compare with an average sixty per-
cent utilization by cattle in expert
ments carried on at Durham, N. II.
And so it would seem that much of
this incessant eating is needless so far
as the fueling requirements Of the huge
body is concerned. A bale of hay weighs
120 pounds. and Jap is reported to eat
from one to three bales daily, de-
pending on the amount Of work she
does.
During some of the respiration ex-
periments in the air-tight compart-
ment she was fed a delicacy Of which
she is extremely fond, sliced bread,
nearly bushel day. During the day
of her nk-breathing experiments
she feasted on six pounds of lump
sugar. In another experiment Jap was
fed six whole loaves of bread sepa-
rately and timed to see how fast she
would get each down. The shortest
time was l8 seconds, the longest %.
Evidently chewing is a minor part of
the eating process.
Bamboo shoots and green grass are
the natural food of the elephant in
India. Our hay is an imposed diet. and
may not be the most economical. But
whatever new foods are developed, or
old foods restored. it is inconceivable
that the elephants in our ZOOS and
circuses will ever lose interest in
the peanut.
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smashed through the barn doors, and
hurried to shed several hundred feet
away where hay was kept. She ate de-
iberately until her appetite was
satisfied. then returned to the barn
and resumed her accustomed place by
the now useless stake.
DR.. Benedict was studying the
metabolism, that is to say. the rate
of living of the huge animal as indi-
Gated by the amount Of oxygen con-
sumed, the amount of food taken in.
and the other factors involved in
keeping alive. He has measured these
characteristics for a wide range of
creatures - mice. rats. birds, rabbits.
snakes. dogs. sheep. horses. cattle -
as well as men and women. and for
years had been on the lookout for a
suitable elephant to serve as the sub
Evening star., 1937-03-07

1DHE strangest thing about the
New York Zoo, said farmer
after his first visit to the famous
animal park, is the fact that
creature as large as an elephant could
be interested in anything as small as a
peanut.
Unwittingly. the visitor had called
attention to one Of the distinguishing
characteristics of this largest of the
beasts. An elephant must eat. Other
animals eat too, but an elephant must
keep on eating. If peanuts and pop
corn are not offered. he returns to his
hay. withhold the hay. and you are
heading for trouble.
This was demonstrated not long ago
on the grounds of the Exhibition Tent
Company at Campgaw. N. J., where
the large Indian elephant Jap makes
her winter home. Jap was being stud
led by a group of scientists headed by
DR.. F. G. Benedict of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington. and during
these experiments there came times
when the food rations were too meagre
to suit Jap. She made no bones about
her displeas,ne She tugged violently
at her stake. She moved incessantly
from side to side. She trumpeted.
When these calls for food failed to
get any response from the keeper -
he slept on a cot in corner of the big
barn where Jap was chained by a hind
foot to heavy stake - she tried
other devices. She gathered up par
ticles of refuse from the floor and
showered his bed with them. But he
paid no attention. Jap searched the
floor with her trunk until she found
some stones, and tossed them at the
keeper until he arose and brought
little hay.
One night the restless elephant gave
tremendous pull. uprooted the stake.
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as it rose to their heads. In a few mo-
ments the water inside the store was
even with the water outside. With
their heads against the ceiling there
wasten inches of air in (which to breathe.
Il don't want to drown, don't
want to-" Pamela cried. Just when
you love me and everything"
These upper windows must have
broken. Darling. kiss me-"
Paul. we're practically drowned.
And I'm so cold and wet and every
thing"
Your teeth are chattering terribly"
And this water beneath our noses
smells"
Paul laughed. Awful"
Pamela began to laugh too, help
lessly.
"Of all the times to laugh! But it is
funny. US sitting up here on some files
with the water to our chins and SMELL
ing like everything. and the merchan-
disc you dragged to the balcony all
covered with water. Oh. Paul, yester-
day wouldn't have minded drowning
half so much because thought you'd
never get to love me. but today l
mind. Today mind dreadfnlIy"
Paul knew how silly it would sound
to encourage her. But before he
could think how to answer, another
window gave away. and the water rose
to their lips.
They could no longer talk, only look
at each other with adoring. frightened
eyes. They must have sat that way
half an hour. half freezing. their arms
about each other. and then Pamela
heard Paul say 'Dearest!'
Its going down." she cried. ITS
- it's away from our lips!'
Thank God! It's receding."
What does it mean?"
1T means the flood stage has reached
its height and the river will be able to
carry it away. 1t came just in time.
didn't it?"
''Just!"
''And now, unless we die of pneu-
monia, we're going to be all right"
die of pneumonia? Us? Just when
we have so much not to die of pneu-
monia for? should say notv'
Tie End
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. Next day the whole world looks
bright - constipation forgotteni No
gripping, no disturbance Of sleep. no
nausea - this modern laxative works
gently and surely in the lower bowel,
not in the stomach. No wonder more
than l6 million grown-ups and chill
dren prefer it! Try FEEN-A-MINT
you'll find it the laxative you've
always been looking for. Write for q
free sample to Dept. v-16, FEEN-A-
MINT. Newark, ". ].
Evening star., 1937-03-07
LAST NIGHT
FELT SICK

. You may only make q bad matter
worse by forcing children to take
harsh. gripping. old-style laxatives.
Give them FEEN-A-MINT - the
modern kind that's so gentle. 80 diff
ferent in every way. 1t looks different,
tastes different, is different. They
simply chew it like delicious chewing
gum - and what q difference that
cheseing makes!
Evening star., 1937-12-12

some Of the editions are apparently ex-
hausted.
Byxbe, 1t is said, has q passion not
only for etching but teaching, and
when on camping trips in the Colorado
mountains will pass on his enthusiasm
and his methods, gratuitously, to fell
low travellers, chiefly school teachers,
always urging, however, that they look
for pleasing themes near home. He
has practiced what he breaches for
many Of his plates and certainly
some Of his best. we're made in or near
his home city. Omaha-not noted for
its beauty, but with potential beauty
spots none the less.
Mr.. Byxbe handles aquatint-a very
difficult medium-much better than
most printmakers, and with it he has
got, one discovers in some of his
prints now on view, very charming ef-
fects Of light and shade. For example,
After Sundown," which in design and
treatment Is rather Japanesque;
Flowing the Prairie" . decorative
composition, and "R. F. D." the rural
postman approaching in q snowstorm
along . heavy road toward three
rural post boxes standing like three
gossips on the highway. Especially
good are his dry points-such, for in
stance, as Weed Lace" Spirit Of the
Pioneers" sculptured panel by Lee
Lawrie on the facade of the State capi-
tol Of Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebraska
- Fewest Trees Per Capita" - the
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Current Exhibitions

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
Exhibition Of historical por-
traits under the auspices of the
United States Constitution
Sesquicentennial Commission.
Special exhibition of sketches
in oil by Burts Baker. An
nual exhibitions of the Society
Of Washington Artists and the
Society of Painters, Sculptors
and Gravers of Washington.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM, Constitution avenue
and Tenth street N.W.-Exhi-
bition of Peruvian, Ecuadorean
and Venezuelan Columbian
art.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
-Etchings, aquatints and en-
cravings by Lyman Byxbe.
ARTS AND INDUS STRIES
BUILDING, United States Ma
tional Museum-Exhibition of
pictorial photographs by men,
bers of the New York Camera
Club.
LIBRARY OF CONGRES-Ex-
hibition of prints by Swedish
print makers.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GAL
LERY-Portrait exhibition il
lustrating Problems in Por-
traiture." Drawings by Angus
tus Vincent Tack.
STUDIO HOUSE-Third annual
Christmas exhibition Of paint
ings by artists of Washington
and vicinity.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON
Paintings from Teneriffe and
prints by Cadwallader WASH
burn. Comparative exhibition
Of illuminations by Eastern
artists Of earlier centuries and
Miss Marian v. Lane.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Exhibition of sporting paint
ings.
GALLERY OF MODERN MAS
TIERS Prints by Rockwell
Kent and other contemporary
artists.
DEPARTMENT OF THE 1NTE-
RIOR ART GALLERY-Ex-
hibition of paintings by stu
dents in American colleges and
professional schools.
PUBLIC LlBRARY-Exhibition
Of etchings by members Of the
Washington Society of Etch-
d, ers. Northeastern Branch-Ex-
hibition of pictorial photog-
raphy by H. E. West. Mount
Pleasant Brsnch-Exhibition Of
the reproductions Of great
paintings from The Evening
Star.
LITTLE GALLERY, Georgetown
Paintings by Rowland Lyon.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART
GALLERY Chinese wood
block prints lent by the Penn
sylvania Museum.
CARAVEL sHOP-Water colors
by Philip Bell.
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From the highlands Of Peru are shown
most interesting portrait jars remind
ing not little Of the Toby" jugs of
Revolutionary days, but better mod
eled. One shows a man of jovial
countenance upturned toward roof or
sky; another one with long, narrow
face, sorrowful in expression, looking
downward. That they are portraits
none can doubt. From this same re-
gion have come an interesting assort-
ment Of two-spout, decorated jugs.
which would seem to represent the
conveyance Of secondary streams in
native culture.
From Venesuela, also, there Is excel
lent representation.-in metal work.
jewelry, stone figurines, etc. Obvi-
ously some Of the figures are gro
tesque. The habit of carrying a canoe
or other boat on the head has evidently
led to the depletion of heads so shaped.
Most interesting are the toys which
come back from the hands of the chill
dren for whom they were wrought by
people in the childhood Of mankind
Mention should also be made of the
fine woven fabrics done on simple
handlooms, yet representing every type
Evening star., 1937-12-12

Of weaving known today and mechan-
ically produced. These come from all
three South American countries rep
resented in this exhibition, and in the
combination of colors, and application
Of design, as well as technical excel
lence, are outstanding.
This collection was assembled and
brought to this country by DR.. Rafael
Requena Of Venezuela and DR.. Enesto
Franco Of Ecuador. The former has
been for many years q leading ply
sician Of Caracas, but has made arch
eology and history his chief avoca-
tions. He IS eager to create among
American students an appreciation Of
the Venezuelan National Library and
National Museum as institutions for
research-and as demonstration has
generously brought us here these ex-
hibits in collaboration with his COL
league Of Ecuador The collection has
been beautifully installed under the
direction Of DR.. F. M. Settler, Head
Curator of the Department of An
thropology of the United States Ma
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to end, they would reach from Wash
ington to Atlantic City.
From September / till April 80
IS. 900 bushels Of oysters In the
shell come to Water street by boat
and two-thirds as many more come
shucked. The oysters alone are worth
one and a quarter million dollars,
l 300 bushels a week being used in
Washington. Experienced captains
prefer oysters in the shell. They
claim oysters lose much of their fine
flavor when washed.
THE Water street fish market is
the cleanest and most sanitary
in the United States" says F. A.
Biddle, who has been selling fsh
on Water street for 81 years, "and
1t has the best facilities" For 20
years after he came here, Mr.. Biddle
handled so to 200 barrels of fish q
day with poor facilities.
No story of Water street is COM
plete without mentioning the splendid
improvements to begin soon on the
water front. In the proposed plan,
the markets will not despoil the har-
Dor for pleasure boats. Realizing
that commerce has decreased one
fourth the last "A years, while pleas
ure boating has increased one-fourth
in six years, present plans provide
berthing space for 286 yachts.
Three new piers for commercial
m he to1
signed for commercial service, will
doubtless be used by sea food boats
The second Is for the Norfolk and
Washington boat line and the third
for local excursion boats.
The plans also provide for the
eventual widening of Water street to
160 feet, and for future park bridge
at the head Of the channel. But the
estimated cost Is not included In the
81 ,650. 900 for the new improvements
as they are not considered elements
Of the waterfront development.
Buildings of the Municipal Fish
Market, the office Of the Norfolk q
Washington Steamboat Co., and the
nearby wholesale merchants stores
are all Of brick, In the conventional
Colonial type Of architecture, and the
same type Of architecture Is sug-
gested for the new structures.
The interests on Water street are
civic, municipal and Federal, and
all are united for q cleanup OF ex-
isting haphazard, tumble-do con-
ditions along the water front Of the
Nations Capital and beautifications
Of the food marts Of Washington.
When this Is done, Water street
will be both beautiful and useful and
the setting for the distribution OF
Washingtons daily food viii b even
more colorful. -
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(see ART NOTES, Page F-5)
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But the public does want fresh sea
foods, at the rate of $4,000, 900 q
year, and the municipal fish markets
on Water street, authorities claim,
have more varieties than can be found
anywhere else. Every morning from
until 8 o'clock fish merchants are
busy restocking their supplies from
the to 20 boats daily bringing in
clans, crabs, oysters and fish. The
sea food comes from all along the
eastern shores, Chesapeake Bay, the
mouth of the Rappahannock River
and, in certain seasons, from the
Pacific Coast.
Almost 100000 pounds Of fish
alone, valued at million and a half
dollars, pass through these markets in
year. From Wednesday until Sun
day evening single fish boat captain
may supply sea food to $50 regular
customers. There is no Sunday here, I"
one captain observed laconically.
I'm Is years experience" remarked
Capt. Wake, skipper of Thelma W.,
my most interesting observation is
the increased use of sea foods since
the repeal of prohibition. Before
repeal" he says, 'it was hard to get
so cents q dozen for crabs. Now,
they're glad to pay $2."
IT COME only during oyster sea-
son." says Capt. Earl Evans Of
the Southland. "In summer have
IS men digging soft-shelled crabs
which I market in New York and
Philadelphia. live almost entirely
on sea food" he remarked, because
can get it fresh every day. Most
inlanders don't know what fresh fish
tastes like"
Il was at my aunt's in Baltimore
when she served spoiled shad, and
didn't know it until I told her. II
the gills amt red," Capt. Evans says,
"the fish amt good"
During the year an average of IT'S
boats with sea food dock at the water
street wharf, each staying about four
and-a-half days. Washington buys
more croakers than any other fish,
more than $780, 900 pounds being sold
on Water street a year. Half as many
trout, second in public favor, are sold,
and only one-seventh as much crab
meat as trout, while crawfish, at the
foot Of the list, reaches only 600
pounds year.
CLANS are eaten by Washingtonians
at the rate of 3,275,000 each year
and 1,875 barrels Of hard shell crabs
are sold during the same period.
Washington sea foods include $22,-
$50 worth Of soft-shell crabs, and II
the herring eaten by the people Of
the National Capital were laid end
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what we term "atmosphere." Un-
doubtedly the sculptor turned to
nature for his inspiration. that chief
and perennial source Of all art through
the ages, and rendered his impress
sion with profound though restrained
emotion. Was this in very truth the
work Of an ancient Ecuadorian? Did,
in those far away days, genius descend
upon one among the many? Is this
the thread which binds two con-
tinents? Was 1t passed from east
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tional Museum. It will remain on view
throughout the month OF December,
Etchings, Aquattnts and
EngrdDtngs by Lyman Ryrbs
IN Ujo3p

ELCHSHyS, AQuULIULS QIU
Engrautngs by Lyman Byrbs
On Vie1D.
IT IS astonishing how month after
month the print exhibitions in the
Smithsonian Building, set forth by
the Division Of Graphic Arts Of the
National Museum-of which Ruel P.
Tolman and Allen Sherwin are re-
spectively head and chief assistant,
have that which Is new and indi-
vidual and invariably meritorious with
which to attract and reward the Wis
itor. This month the exhibition COM
prises so prints by Lyman Byxbe Of
Omaha, Neb, who employs aquatint,
etching, dry point and mezsotint
equally well and effectively. Not only
has he evident zest for his art but wis
dom In the selection Of subject mat
ter and understanding Of the umita-
tions as well as potentialities of the
media he employs. His prints run in
size from the dimensions Of large
postage stamp and in price from 81
to $40. OF the postage stamp size 26
printed on note paper are shown on q
single mount-these are not for sale.
The dollar prints range from 3x5
inches to 6x8 approximately. Evil
IDENTIFY this printmaker Is not seeking
fortune. No wonder, furthermore
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ART TREASURE IN PORTRAITS
Impressive Exhibition Phillips Gallery Brought From Many
Lands and Produced Many Ages Reveals Unity Inspiration
Ancient Works From South America Shown

selected from the Phillips Gallery COL
lection and include the portrait of
Elihu Root 5y Tack, q splendid por-
trait Of the 18th Century English
school by an unknown painter, an
Eakins and q Fuller, not to name all.
In the upper hallway. en- route. one
comes, startlingly, upon q portrait
mask Of Voltaire in pastel by Quen-
tin de La Tour-very smiling, very
haunting, and, because the eyes are
open. even more vivid than Malvina
Evening star., 1937-12-12

to west or vice versa? The learned
may be able to solve the riddle so
far beyond the more lover of art.
But to find this fragment here Is q
most exciting experience
A ND what is more, this single work
Is by no means unsupported by
the rest Of the exhibition, in the matter
OF skill and taste and artistic quality.
The Washington times., 1937-11-22


the good Of humanity.
What an inspiration 1t is to see the second
and third generations of Rockefellers carrying
on and extending the humanitarian works of
the founder of their family fortune not only in
this country, but throughout the world. Truly,
they are one of Americas really great families.
What to Fear From Unions?
Perhaps Mr. Ford deserves some credit, too,
for producing automobiles so cheaply they are
available to all. But, we must remember there
Is another side to the story. The higher the
wages Mr.. Ford pays, the more cars he turns out.
This means speeding up the production line and
the poor devils working for him must perform
their monotonous tasks ever faster and faster.
The Washington times., 1937-11-22
MONDAY, NOV. u
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

With all his millions, it was easy for Mr..
Ford to shut down his factory in Kansas City
and throw thousands of men out of work because
they organized to improve their conditions.
Why couldn't Mr.. Ford have been big enough
to say, "Sure, I'll deal with the unions" If he is
paying his men wages as high, or higher than the
union SCALE as he says he is, what has he to
be afraid Of? Wouldn't it have been bigger for
him to enter into collective bargaining instead of
throwing his men out to starve? But oh no, Mr..
Ford has to be king almighty in everything
he runs.
Wants Report on "POlice"
sincerely hope the Federal investigators will
force Mr.. Ford to produce his pay roll for the
special police" he hires to protect him and his
factories Talk about the unions having tough
men in their ranks! Unless miss my guess,
Mr.. Ford's Officers" are far out in front when
1t comes to toughness.
The beautiful Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit
is one of the finest in the land but the prices
they charge there are among the highest in the
country. When Mr.. Ford is being generous you
can rest assured he almost always comes out on
the long side of the bargain.
Peace-ship Ford may be grand man to many,
but he must do more for humanity than turn
out cheap automobiles, which add millions to his
pocket, before he can rank among the great men
of our country, in my estimation.
The Washington times., 1937-11-22
Says Boake Carter

therefore no time must be lost in discrediting
everybody but themselves irrespective of truth,
climb on the Governments back and grab all
the taxpayers dough that is grabable.
Some Choice Examples Quoted
Consider some Of the comedy:
Page 63: ut (airship) is no longer an expert
ment. 1t already is mature. With flying boats
the case is different"
With airships still in the experimental stage,
flying boats have been operating % years-but,
dear Joe, that's different!
For years DR.. Hugo Eckener, president Of
the German Zeppelin outfit, could afford moth
ing but bicycle on which to ride. Only re-
Gently has his company made enough for him
to afford an automobile But dear Joe, that's
different!
Page SO: Generally, the airship is no more
uncomfortable in storm than any other carrier"
Why, the flyingboat boys use other pages
telling about what models of comfort they pro-
duce! And what a swell way to sell anything
to the public by saying "it's no more uncom-
Portable" than anything else! Preston BaSsett,
vice president of the Sperry Company, who had
been doing much Of the soundproofing for planes,
returned last summer on the Hindenburg and
wrote a technical paper revealing that the air.
ship was the quietest and most comfortable form
of air travel he had ever encountered. But, dear
Joe, that's different!
Page So: 1.-THE airship under normal conditions
offers comfortable accommodations -"
Question for the kindergarten kids: When's an
airship abnormal? Answer: When the Aero
nautical c. of C. makes it that way with type
writer and paper! But, dear Joe, that's different!
(The opinions OF BoGEe Carter are his o1D1 and
not necessarily those of The Washington TinTesJ
Copyright Ledger syndicate)