VOL. LI
CHEMISTRY OF BODY
IS BEING STUDIED
Novel Field of Research at >
Pennsylvania "U."
'
Philadelphia.—A new field of sci
entific research is being developed by
the psychological clinic of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
The introductory course in the new
study, called "metabolism and be
havior," was completed recently by a
class of 30 students under the di
rection of Dr. Henry E. Starr in the
department of psychological chemistry
and toxicology in the medical school
of the university.
"Metabolism and behavior," a state
ment given out by the university
states. Includes a study of the chem
ical changes taking place in the body,
which determine the emotional make
up, efficency and even the philosophy
of life of the Individual. The course
presented a survey of the field, em
phasizing research rather than at
tempting to lay 1 down any premature
dogmatic correlation.
During the last few years Doctor
Starr has conducted a number of bio
chemical Investigations of psycho
logical problemls In co-operatlen with
Prof. Llglitner Wltmer and Prof. Ed
win B. Twltmyer of the department
°IL psychology. What Is said to have
been the most striking work of the
clusmlcal changes Is saliva character
istic of fatigue and emotional excite
ment.
In the course of this research, Doc
tor Starr said he discovered that, un
der psychologically controlled condi
tions, the saliva of an Individual may
serve as an Index to hls_ emotional
stability and resistance to fatigue.
With the co-operation of Doctor Twlt
myer, director of the clinic for the
correction of speech defects at the
university, this method was applied
to the study of the metabolic etiology
of stammering, Involving the examina
tion of 296 individuals.
The findings have been of great
value, Indicating, It Is said, the cura
tive measures to be- employed In the
treatment of stammerers thus ex
amined.
Doctor Starr believes that, as ft
method of Investigation, physiological,
chemistry haw proved of Inestimable
value to the physician, and should be
of equal value to the psychologist
With this thought In view, the psy
chological clinic of the University ot
Pennsylvania Is developing biochem
ical research of psychological prob
lems under Its own direction.
Holy Year Pilgrims Make
Rome Polyglot Capital
Rome.—The linguistic attainments
of policemen, taxi chauffeurs, hotel
employees and other workers who
have t'o cater to the needs of Italy's
vast tourist population have been se
verely taxed this year by the Influx of
holy-year visitors.
Hotel managers, porters • and valets
> who once were able to satisfy their
clients by a passing acquaintance with
1 Italian, French and Gemian now are
frequently reduced to conversation by
eloquent gestures. . •
Eitel notices and other tourist ln
ation posters which until this
year had be«n pritoted in three or four
language* now In some cases boast of
as many as six or seven.
Recently taxlcabs and cabs were
pfovlded with booklets setting forth
the scale of prices In Italian, French,
German, English, Spanish and Polish.
And even the expert philologists who
boast of being able to make themselves
understood In Russian, Serbian, Ru
manian, Hungarian and all other cen
tral and northern European languages
are often confronted with a more
. baffling difficulty by the Dresence here
of peasants from remote sections of
their native lands, particularly .Italy
and Germany, who know no tongue
other than their respective regional
dialects.
Robbing Church
New York.—Mrs. Charlotte Leman
was caught robbing a contribution box
UTSt James' pro-cathedral, Brooklyn.
When searched $1,179 was found In
her clothing. The box contained bnt
' a few small coins.
A charge of burglary was preferred
against the woman, who said she WM
' twenty-seven years old.
Cattle Free of Disease
London. —Restrictions imposed by
the ministry ef agriculture In
tlon with fsot-and-mouth disease la
the counties of Warwick, Cheshire and
Northampton have been withdrawn.
There are now no restrictions In force
In Great Britain for the first time
since the widespread outbreak of 1923.
Great Painter's Sad Fate
Murillo, the great Spanish/ painter,
ttled from the effects of a fall from a
scaffold from which be was painting
in the Church of the Capuchins In Se
ville. His death occurred lnhla sixty-
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
Plants That Protect
Coasts From the Sea
In the struggle to defend our ceases
from sea encroachments, seaside au
thorities have no better allies than the
hardy tamarisk and shrubby sea blite.
These useful plants are as effective In
protecting the lonely stretches of our
"shores as stout sea walls and far-flung
groynes, says a writer In London Tit
| Bits. Take, for example, Shoreham,
oh the Sussex coast. This town was
seriously affected by the MPomlng
tides until It was found that the loose
shingle that fringes the sea could be
bound Into a resisting mass by the ex
tensive planting of tamarisk, a hardy
little plant whose only real enemy is
severe frost.
On the Norfolk coast the same
method Is adopted, but there the shift
ing shingle Is bound with shrubby sea
bllte, which grows waist high and cov
ers large areas of'the coast The more
this plant is ill-treated the stouter it
flourishes. Occasionally a violent storm
will result In the shrubs being Com
pletely embedded In fresh shingle
thrown up by the waves. This, in
reality#-Is an advantage, as the plant
puts forth new shoots that bind the
fresh stones, still further strengthen
ing the land rampart
u Sports" a Century Ago
Not of Highest Order
Public entertainments In London ft
hundred or more years ago were more
of ft sporting than of a dramatic or
musical type. In flie Observer of ft
date of 1825 appeared a full report of
ft dog fight, at the Westminster pit, at
which "fifty personages of rank" were
among the spectators, and whereat
also his grace, the king's rat catcher,
entered the arena with a eage conWlfi-
Ing ninety rat» that a dog named Blily
killed seriatim in seven mlnuteft and
thirty seconds.
Another article recorded that Mr.
Wombwell, the proprietor of a ll«m
named Nero, had built a den, ten feet
high and fifty-seven feet In circumfer
ence, In which ft contest a outrance
between his pet and six dogs was to
take place In Jane. Still another
chronicled the melancholy fact that
"John Smith, who was matched to eat
a pair of men's shoes In fifteen min
utes at the Half-Moon tap, Leadenhall
market, has broke down in training,
having seized with indigestion."
.School Has One Pupil;
Teacher Is Her Mother
Middletown, N. Y. —A novel
situation exists In School Dis
trict B of the town of For
estburg, Sullivan county. There
Is only one clasc In the school
and only one scholar In the
class. The teacher is Mrs. Mary
*Hlckey and the scholar Is ber
daughter, Anna.
The purchase of farm lands In
!the district by the Mongaup
Falls Power company for the
purpose of constructing a sup
plementary dam has caused the
rare condition. A short time ifn
the school had twenty-fire pu
pils.
Confess—-But What?
He was consulting hla lawyer, more
in a personal than in a professional
way. "I don't know what to do, John,"
he said. "My wife has received an
anonymous letter exposing some things
I wss mixed up In before we were
married.*' The lawyer spoke from
much experience. "B1U," he said,
only one thing to do—con
fess." "That would be all right, John,"
said the worried husband, "If she
would let me take a look at the letter
or tell me what's In It As It la I
don't know what to confess."
Right to Salate Bride
Kissing the bride sppears to have
been an old Scottish custom, according
,to which "tl»e person who presided
over the marriage ceremony uniformly
claimed It as his Inalienable privilege
to have a smack at the Hps of th*
bride Immediately after the perform
ance of his official duties," for It wis
cannlly believed that the happiness of
every bride lay Involved In the pastoral
kiss.—Doris Blake in Baltimore Sun.
Average Life 5$
: The average length of ltfa fes the
United States BOW Is fifty-six years,
MM tears*ae of fifteen yeafs since 1870,
according to a recent report of the
United State* public health service,
la the Sixteenth century human lite
averaged only between eighteen and
twenty yean. «
'
Camay Island Cannibalism
When daylight came and the son
woke the sMepers. Surf avenue was
as busy as on sn ordinary night
Throngs surged Into the restaurants,
and after eetfng tboee who were not
. In salts went to tl>e bathhouses to get
| rooms for the'day —New York TlaMa
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1925
HOW =
HIGH ENGLISH AUTHORITY
TRACKS RACIAL TYPKS.—
In a recent v book, "The Mon
gol In Our Midst," Dr. F,.G,
Crookshank, an English motllcal
authority, advances many novel
and Ingenious arguments to
prove that all mankind Is divid
ed Into three racial types—the
Mongol, negro and white—which
originated separately from the
three great anthropoid apes, the
orang-utan, gorilla and chim
panzee. Doctor Crookshank
places considerable emphasis on
the* natural posture assumed by
human beings when their
muscles are relaxed.
The Mongol Instinctively seats
himself with his legs crossed
horizontally In" front of him.
Whites and negroes usually find
this posture very uncomfortable.
In fact many people are physi
cally seating them
selves In this manner. Both the
negro and the white man are
likely to adopt a sitting posture
with the legs arranged perpen
dicularly. In the case of the
negro most of the weight Is
placed on the buttocks. The Cau
casian Is apt to lean forward
more on his feet.
Curiously enough these pos
tures have their counterparts in
the sitting postures assumed by
the three great anthropoid apes.
The orang assumes the oriental
posture, the position which an
American usually associates with
«he statues of Buddha. The
gorilla sits in .the negro fashion,
while the chimpanzee follows
; the custom of the white man.
Doctor Crookshank thinks that
this similarity of sitting position
indicates a , separate origin of
the three great classes of human
beings from the three great
species of apes. Since the
American Indian sits like a Mon
gol It is presumed by Doctor
Crooksliank's theory, that he Is
an offshoot of the orangs. Wheth
er this novel, theory contains
anything of permanent scientific
value will depend on further
studies in comparisons. We pub
lish It merely for what It Is
worth.
Hou) Typ €» of Intectg
Attract Their Matet
The field cricket, having disposed of
his rival, smartens himself up before
going out to meet his bride. He puts
the finishing touch to Ills t&llet by
waxing his mustache. lie hooks his
antenne down with one of his claws,
moistens them with saliva and spends
a long time putting a satisfactory
curi in them, says London Tit-Bits.
The large gray robber fly gyrates
in the air while his lady friend, sit'
ting upright on a leaf or petal a few-
Inches away, throws out her wings and
hums at regular Intervuls, beating time
to his movements.
To certain other Insects dancing
makes a special appeal. During his
courtship days {lie scorpion performs
a minuet, grasping his partner by the
"hands," or feelers, and marching to
and fro In a stately, solemn way, re
peating over and over again a series
of well-deflned steps.
The bee Is a busy worker, but be
believes that "all work and no play
make Jack a dull boy." He likes an
occasional evening's merriment, and
If you are observant you may discover
him putting hla theory Into practice.
Toward dusk he inuy be seen cling
ing to the stem of a thistle flower.
He has probably beep there for some
hours, Imbibing its nectar greedily.
This flower has the curious effect upon
him of producing a state of intoxica
tion.
If you touch lilm to remind him
of the lateness of the hour he does
not move, but merely waves a leg, as
much as to say he Is well aware of
his condition, and when he has recov
ered sufficiently will go quietly home.
How to Cover Wood Floor
A permanent covering for the pine
wood floor may be had by the uae of
paper, a covering that will lust Indefi
nitely and that may l>e treated like
ordinary hflrdwool floors. The prweaa
la M follows: First, the floor IM planed
smooth, so tb«t there la not even the
suspicion of a splinter or roach »pot
anywhere. Next there Is laid »!>wn
builder's pit per of medium weight. This
la stuck to the floor wltb n mixture of
flour pa ate and glue. Moldy flour
serves very well for the purpose. In
case the various strips of paper do not
fit perfectly It la necessary to cut
the length of a sect 100. It is of great
Importance that the various strips flt
to a nicety. When the paste has Med
—a matter of probably two or three
days—the paper must be Saturated
with linseed oil. When the oil has
been absorbed the final step Is to apply
• coat of pel at. The whole proceea
requires care, M the purpose Is is
make the paper waterproof.
WHY
Parents Aire Responsible for
Children Lying.
Lying Is—-well, all men are liars. 'I
hear parents lying to their children
every day of my life, writes A S. Nelll,
In the London News. "Don't touch
that Here's the policeman coming 1"
"Nice children don't ask for a third
helping." a
Quite a lot of child lying Is Imita
tion of the parents. I blame the par
ents every time a child lies. «lf he
lies because he is afraid to tell, the
vparents know nothing about children.
Free children never lie; at least they
never tell powardly lies. The egotis
tical lie, "I saw. 10 funerals today,
mummy," Is an attempt to make one
self Important. When we grow up
we aHopt other methods write
articles for papers, sing, act and wear
loud* clothes. All are mostly childish
lies In their essence—but dear
to us. The child who lies through
phantasy Is no more a sinner than a
novelist is.
Long experience has forced me to
the conclusion that It Is our out-of
date system of educating children
that makes our children neurotic and
difficult. When pnrents cease to try
to mold the character of their chil
dren a new era for children will ar
rive. I marvel at the daring of par
ents. Which of us Is good enough to
tell a child how to live? I think of
our generation and what it has done.
We still have wars and slums and
crime and hate and scandal —and we
dare tell a child how to live. I
would 'smile if the' results were not
so tragic.
Why Indians Scalped
Their Fallen Enemies
Roger Williams, writing of the tribe
of Narragansett Indians, In 1043, says:
"Tlmeqnassin: To fut off or behead
—which they are most skillful to doe
In tight: For whenever they wound and
their arrow sticks in the body of their
enemle, they (If they be valorous, and
possibly may) follow their arrow, and
falling upon the person wounded and
tearing his head a little aside by his
Ix>cke, they In the twlnckiing of an eye
fetch off his head though but with a
sorry knife."
Scalping was occasionally performed
aa an act of torture, but was commonly
merely the taking of the whole or a
part of the hair and skin of an enemy's
head as a trophy to show-that the
possessor had slain a foeroan, remarks
the Detroit News. It was only neces
sary to take the little part on tb*
crown where the hair radiates, the
•cowlick." This part was demanded,
because there is only one such place
on any given heed, and therefore
cheating was eliminated.
Why Fish Meal Is Valuable
Fish meal feat can be Used for cat
tle food Is one of the uprising by
products of the great fisheries Indus
tries that center at Grimsby, England.
As In all canning and packing centers,
there accumulate great quantities of
offal,'as well as of discarded flsh un
fit for food. These are sent to gar
bage reduction plants that extract oil,
glue, lalnglass and fertiliser, and con
vert the better class of scrap Into a
fine flsh meal. This Is used for chick
en food, snd It has also been discov
ered that cattle will relish and thrive
on a certain proportion of this meal
mixed with their other feed. It Is be
lieved that this Is the only case so far
on' record of cattle becoming carniv
orous.
Why Turquoise Was Valued
in Europe It was once believed that
the word -turquoise meant victorious,
or fortunate. Because the turquoise
frequently lhanges color, turning from
a sky blue shade to a paler greenish
hue, people fastened a superstition to
It, saying that the stone shone when
the air was pure, but l»#came dim
when 111 fortune was about. Tur
quoises, when worn, wefe considered
Insurance against s person's being
struck by lightning or being drowned.
Why Grade Crossing* Last
On flrst-clas# railroads alone there
•re In the United States 256,303 grade
crossing*. To eliminate these would
coat on the average of $75,000 each,
or .A 4 round total df $10,000,000,000, a
sum on which* the annual Interest
charges would be almost SY,OOO#OO,OOO.
Why Girdling KtUe Tret*
A flrdled tree dies because the In
■CT tturV and lltlng sap Wood are sev
ered. Vital connection is thus cut off
between the roots, which take up w»*
ter and raw food material and the
leaves which transform water and raw
material Into plant food.
Why Castor Bean Is Unsafe
It is unaa/e to have castor beans
wtfere there are children about; two
seeds contain enough ricin, the poison*
ous principle of castor beans and tbs
daaSiast compound In the world. m
1 kID a child.
Spot That KBU History
The bridge owg the River Adda at,
Lodi, Italy, Is famous as the scene of
a terrible contest between the Treacft
tinder Bonaparte and the Austrian*
under Beaulieu, May 10, 1796. Tha
Austrian* wars strongly intrenched *
the opposite bank of the Adda and
their formidable artillery swept the
bridge, but Bonaparte, charging at the
bead of his grenadiers, bayoneted the
cannoneers at their guns aad drove the
defeated Aastrians into the mountains
of the Tyrol. As a result of this vic
tory, Milan capitulated to Bonaparte a
few days later. This battle la frequent
ly spoken of as the Terrible Passage
of the Bridge of LodL" It was Bona
parte's first important victory over the
Austrians, and, as he afterward de
clared, kindled the first spark of hi)
ambition.—Kansas City Star.
The Fly Flow
An art critic, speaking of the virtues
of this painting and the faults of that
one, finally came to a picture In the
gallery and said: "Now, you see la
this picture the artist has not learned
his trade—lt lacks technique and un
derstanding. His trees seem to have
no form; they do not stand np; the
grass has no roots. His clouds look
like bits of paper stuck on the canvas.
And here you see he has resorted to a
trick to catch the public eye and has
attempted to paint a fly. Now, I would
not object to the fly, had he been able
to draw better and make It look like a
fly. This fly looks like a lump of mud
and has not the chsracter of a fly."
At this point the fly, having tired of
the critic's raafbllng, took wing and
flew away.
Nature of Pinchbeck
This la the nam* of an alloy of
copper and sine and waa ao called
from lta Inventor, a London watch
maker wh6 died In 1782. Pinchbeck
made cheap Jetrelry from thla alloy
which had the appearance and lnater
of goIV although the connterfelt could
easily be detected by lta weight be
ing less than that of gold and Its want
of resonance. The most common
pinchbeck consists of about 10 or IS
per cent of sine and the remainder
copper—although tin Is sometimes also
added. The word "pinchbeck" la fre
quently applied to anything which la
counterfeit or spurious. For Instance,
Anthony Trollop* says: "Where In
these pinch beck days can we hop*
to And the old agricultural virtu* la
all lta purity."—Exchange.
There Were Others
The young man hesitatingly entered
her father's presence. With a prelimi
nary clearing of the throat and a nerv>
ooa twitch of his fingers, he said:
"I liare com* to ask yen If I max
marry yonr daughter, Gertrude."
"You may," Mid the father, prompt
ly, uhe passed the cigars. "And new
that you're In the family, may I take
you Into my confidence?"
"Why— w —" exclaimed the happy
mat.
"Well, my boy," said his future fa
ther-in-law, "I Just want to say that
as you pass around among your friends
I wish you'd get some of thesa ex
cited about Margaret, Dorothy, Bella
and Nancy. And put a couple of cigars
in your pocket-**
Old Superstition
Much quaint, mythical superstition
centers around ancient castle,
which overlooks the English channel.
It Is unique among English castles hr
more respects then one. No other an
cient fortress In this country has
maintained Its practical usefulness so
long and no other has been accredited
to the Industry of the devlL Accord
ing to the Bohetnlsn Leo von Hot*
mltal, "It was built by eijl spirits and
Is so strong tbst tn no othtr part of
Christendom ran anything be found
like It" It Is eesy to see the reason
for tills ascription Foreigners casting
covetous eyes on this gateway to the
rich landa of England may well have
found something dlabollcsl In this
fortress frowning down on them^-Lon
don SlalL
Hqw Bureau Cut Expense
A report of the tuberculosis eradi
cation division of the Unitod States
Idepartment of Agriculture ahows In
creasing economy in the work of erad
icating bovine tuberculosis from ths
country. The sverage cost of a tu
ber nil In test msde during ths year
ended June 30 was 80 cents. The
previous yesr ths average cost was
35 cents; the year before that, 4«
cents. Thla reduction In two years of
approximately one-third was accom
plished bg confining activities mora
largely to circumscribed areas Much
time and expense waa thus saved bf
reducing the seed of travel.
How Siik le Weighted
811k frequently contains iron and tin
compounds. These aerve not only to
Ox the dysstuffs, but also to Increase
the weight of the fabric. Sometimes
aQk la ao "loaded" aa to be thras tins at
Its original weight-
Chtap for sl£oo
A western young man visiting New
York city thought It would be fine to
buy his sweetheart's engagement ring
there. Entering a Fifth avenue store
he waa waved from one lordly clerk
to, another down a long aisle and at
last reached the counter where there
was a personage who sold engagement
rings. "Here are some rather neat
rings," said the distinguished one.
"Small, of course, but In good taste."
Our young friend liked their looks,
but waa pained to learn they ran
from $3,500 to (5,000 apiece. He ad
mitted, In some confusion, that he
wlahed something a little cheaper.
Then tlfe mighty one reached into a
bin and brought np a handful of spark
lers. "Take your pick," said he, polite
ly repreaslug a yawn, "$1,2)0 each."
The home-town Jeweler sold that
ring.—Capper's Weekly.
Too Good to Lioo
A Jury condemned the philosopher
Socrates to death, hnt It is not record
ed that they were Influenced In this by
his statement, In the course of his de
fense, "While a soldier In the Greek
army 1 went through the snows of a
winter campaign barefoot and no one
ever saw me cross a street In Athens
In the summer to get Into the shadei"
The mind of Socrates was never much
on the weather. He believed that ono
would suffer less and accomplish more
If be did not bother his brains about
the temperature, and what It might do
to him. That la still very good philoso
phy.—Detroit Mews.
Why Eye Trouble Abounds
At a meeting of tiie American Col
lege of Surgeons a warning against
•xceaalve reading was sounded by Sir
Henry Llndon Ferguson *f New Zea
land, one of the speakers. "Eyes were
■ot meant for reading," he said, "but
were Intended for use In the jungles
In looking out for wild animals and
.searching for food. It Is only within
the laat 200 yean that, reading has
become a matter of course'for the
general public and 1s largely respon
sible for the great amount of eye
trouble today."
How Succmta It Achieved
It Isn't so much how many times a
man IN knocked down ns It Is !iow
often he gets up and goes nt It ugaln.
It's the man who does not get up who
Is out of the game for all time. Sot
If you Hre down, don't stay down—
come buck.—Grit.
How IfiMCctt Hibernate
Injurious plnnt Insect* survive the
winter In the trash and' weeds along
fence rows and d#ch banks. Ala
trash should therefore be eleased up
thoroughly In the fall.
Commercial Fertilizer
Encourages Big Yields
The continued use of commercial
fertilizer over a series of years will
encoursge the production of large
yields snd It may be at the end of such
a period It will be found Impossible to
rtlse as good a crop without the nae
of fertilizer. However, this Is not
doe to sny Injurious effect "ot the fer
tiliser Itself, bnt rather to the fact that
the fertiliser has stimulated the crop,
and cansed It to remove from the soil
even more plant-food elements then are
supplied by the fertilizer. But If
either Isrge or smsll amounta of fer
tiliser are used In connection with a
good system of cropping, and every
care Is tsken to return all the manor*
to the land, there will be no reduction
of yield due to aoll depletion. The fact
la, commercial fertilisers have a very
definite value, mere especially when
proper use depends on such factors as
crops, soils, rotation systems, etc
Do Not Sow Clover and
Sudan Grass Together
Do not sow sweet clover and sudan
grass together. You will get a very
poor stsnd of sweet clover snd if the
season continues dry there will be
prrctlcslly no sweet clover. From 20
to 25 pounds of sudan grass seed Is
required |»er acre. Sweet clover may
be sown alone at any time during the
summer up until the middle of Au
gust If a good, moist seed bed la pro
vided It may also be sown In corn
st the last cultivation or with soy
beans but the chances of getting s
good stand by seeding with these
crops are greatly reduced depending
upon the weather during the remain
der of the season. If there should be
plenty of rain the sweet clover way
make a good stand but If It should be
unusually dry the stand la sure to be
fMT.
Fating a Problem
A British army officer in India wii
•wakened one morning by feeling the
•atlve Hmol of a brother officer pulP
lit it hli foot. "Sahib," whispered
the man, "sahib, what am Ito do? My
neater told me to wake him at half
peet six, bit he did oot go to bed till
NGc 31
SUCCULENT CABB
HAS LONG HIS
It* Origin Lost in the MutQ
of Antiquity,
Should the history of the cabbage
ever be written. It may prove to be
unexpectedly thrilling. Bemarkable
facta concerning that hnmble vegetable
have been discovered by Prof. Bog*
flea Gates, the botanist:
"Cabbages, kales, cauliflowers and
brassels sprouts," says the professor,
"all originated In the wild cabbage, a
native of the coast and the sooth of
England. The cabbage as we know ft
was the first development of the wild
plant, and from It appeared the cauli
flower and the sprout.
"The origin of the species Is lost fat
antiquity, but the Romans appear to
have cultivated It The remarkable
thing la that each type entered mora;
or less suddenly Into the vegetable'
garden.
"A gardener In these ancient days
may have planted a cabbage on a cer
tain spot and have wakened up some
morning to find a cauliflower or a
stalk of sprouts In its place.
"There was no gradual developmest.
It happened spontaneously. In the
case of the cauliflower, there was an
Inflorescence, and the green flower be
came white, succulent and fleshy,!
though not to the degree that we '
know it today.
"The sprout was the result of the
cabbage, instead ot confining its ef
forts to the attalnnrait of one large
bloom, determining to multiply itself
into a numerous flump of tender
heads. i
"It is In this way that we now think
evolution has taken place—the pro
duction of new and marked varieties
with fully developed characters.
"What causes the transformation!
Interesting developments may result
from the experiments. Why not, for
example, a 'caullsprout' from the par
ent cabbage, or perhaps a 'car-nip*
from the carrot or the turplpT*
"As a food the cabbage has a long
and honorable career," says the com
missioner ot health. New York city,
"It has graced the tables of kings. The
favorite dish of Emperor Pompey wae
cabbage. I have no doubt that many
another ruler, If he admitted the truth,
would confess a yearning for corned
beef and cabbage. It must be terrible
to live on ambrosia and nectar I
"The cabbage is a valuable food be
cause It Is rich In lime and potash.
"Humans require roughage, coarse
indigestible material. Just as snimale
do. Every fanner can testify to the
necessity of such foods for his stock.
Every dietary expert agrees that
roughage must be supplied If we are
to be healthy.
is important, than, be
cause it supplies lime and because it
furnishes roughage. When it is served
with delicious. dressing it make* a fit
dish for any table.
"In* Scotland the oatmeal is cooked
in the cabbsge water, making a dish
called "kale broge." In this way the
mineral elements are saved
! "Almost everybody csn est raw
cabbage, but the cooked vegetable die
agrees with many. As a matter* of
fact, too, when the cabbage is boded
much of its valuable material la car
ried away. Steaming, instead of bo fl
ing, guards sgainst the caldum lose."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
London Want • More Color
, London Is showing signs of revolt
against white or red brick house fa
cades, the color scheme of the Eng
lish capital for centuries, perhapa. .
Buff snd brown may be added to red '
and white to relieve the situation, j
George Topham Forrest, architect to
the London County council, who re
cently spent several months inspecting
buildings in this country, said there
was something monotonous in a long
series of dingy gray houses and, hav
ing noticed in the United States an at
tempt bad been made to relieve this
monotony by the use of colored ma
terials, be intended to foll«w suit.
On the council's Becontres (Essex)'
estate, some 8,000 bouses will be erect
ed, in which the American idee of
mixed colorings will be adopted.
Dontal Motor Car
Th state department
of h<h has plated in operation s
plan by which it hopes to have every
child la Bedford, Somerset, Tioga, Pot
ter snd Wyoming counties
fit when be enters school next fall. A
health and dental motor car, in the I
charge of experts, left recently to visit|
these counties this summer. Field
workers have mapped out the itinerary
and will notify parents of children of
school age when the health clinic wilt
be able to examine their children. Aft
er the children's physical defects have
been diagnosed, they then will be
turned over to the home community
physician for treatment.
Futile
Faith without works is as futile as,
a genius without a press agent—Bep]
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