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THE bill before congress to cre
ate the Mount Desert National
park upon Mount Desert Is
land, Maine, has called spe
cial attention to one of the most dis
tinguished scenic places in the coun
try. Already It Is a national reserva
tion, President Wilson having pro
claimed it the Sieur de Monts National
monument two years ago. The move
ment to promote it to national park
hood marks the appreciation of New
England and the country generally re
sulting from the public attention de
voted to this spot in consequence of
the president's act.
Sieur de Monts Is the only spot on
the Atlantic coast where sea and moun
tain meet. Also It is typical in the
best sense of the magnificence of the
deciduous forests of the East; these
are not elsewhere represented In the.
national scenic group. Mount Des
ert will be the only national park
cast of the Mississippi.
Many thousands of persons who do
not identify this splendid group of sea
girt mountains under its present title
of Sieur de Monts will place It at
once under the title proposed for the
national park, as the granite heights
which rise behind Bar Harbor and the
other resorts of Mount Desert Island.
The rounded summits of more than a
dozen low mountains and the beautiful
lakes which nestle at their feet are
Inclosed in the reservation. Nowhere
else may the pleasures of seashore and
rock-bound coast be combined with
those of a wild mountainous wilder
ness. Favorite Summer Resort.
For many years these mountains
have lured summer visitors into their
fastnesses. Their splendid forests of
oak, pine, hemlock, chestnut, beech,
View From
Fighting With Smoke.
' Hoke is a valuable weapon in this
y ; It is extensively used on both
"sides to mask military and naval move
ments, and elaborate means have been
devoted to throw up clouds of smoke.
A very interesting use of smoke Is de
scribed thus in Scientific American:
"During a poisonous gas attack smoke
is employed to ward off the fumes. Be
ing considerably heavier than the poi
sonous gases generally employed, a
barrage of smoke causes the danger
ous fumes to pass over trenches and
dugouts and to dissipate themselves
in the higher regions."
Fans anrl Ftanft.
"I see a Texas inventor has patent
ed an attachment for sewing machines
to wave a fan as a person Is sewing,
remarked the lady.
"Well" replied friend husband, wno a
was utilizing a strong nail in lieu of If
a suspender button. "I know a man I
who would wave a few dozen flaes If a f
certain party would do a little sewing,
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Pickett Mountain.
maple and other well-known trees of
the Appalachian range, the perfection
of their native shrubs, the luxuriance
of their wild flowers, the charm of
their wild valleys and lakes, and th
stirring views of Island-dotted sea
from their slopes and summits bring
visitors back again summer after sum
mer. All of these mountains were In
private possession; summer estates
were shutting out large areas from
public use. That Is why a group of
public-spirited men undertook a dozen
years ago to acquire the mountains
and present them to the nation. Some
gave their estates, others gave money
to buy holdings which could not be got
by gift. The Mount Desert National
park, when congress thus creates It,
will stand also for the fine generosity
and public spirit of New England.
Older Than the Rockies.
Summer visitors always are Inter
ested In the extreme age of these
mountains. They are granite of the
Archean age. They stood there, doubt
less far loftier and perhaps serrated,
before the now loftier Rockies and the
Sierra Nevada even emerged from the
prehistoric sea. These summits have
been rounded in the intervening many
millions of years by the frosts' and the
rains and the giant Ice sheets which
descended time and again from the
north. The record of the glaciers may
be read still upon their slopes.
The mountains- are entirely sur
rounded by fine automobile roads along
the shore which connect the seaside
resorts. But In many places the cliffs
spring straight from the ocean, whose
waves lash and corrode their granite
feet. A greater variety of sensations
may be had from this combination of
sea and mountain than is offered by
any Western national park, however
large and majestic.
Dry Mountain.
Huns Make Solder Having Little Tin.
Owing to the scarcity of tin in Ger
many, efforts have been made to pro
duce a solder containing none of that
metal. What is pronounced an excel-
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cent lead, plus cadmium and tin, but :
It could not be used In sealing food j
cans because the lead, In contact with j
acids in fruits, produces salts that are j
poisonous. More recently, it is said,
a nonpoisonous solder has been ob-
tained by combining bismuth and cad- j
mium, both of which metals are found
in Germany, with other metals not re
vealed. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
War Emcrnencv Courses at Hampton.
TV, war department has signed a
i cJ'S with Hampton Institute for
' ling in war emergency courses
cniHiprs This trainincr
Imachine work, blacksmith-
shoeing, auto repairing,
auto driving, pipe fitting
g, carpentry and electn
NEW YORKER IS INDIGNANT
However, Not Many Public Parks Are
in as Bad Condition as the One
. He Describes.
In the latest bulletin of the Munici
pal Art society, C. W. S. Is justifiably
bitter in his comment on the waste of
opportunity In the so-called city parks
of New York. "When Is a city park
not a park?" he asks, and answers:
"When It ceases to offer either grass,
flowers, or the shade of trees; when,
for instance. It has a large granite ba
sin or fountain without water, -which
Is gradually broken up and carried
away; when, at one end it harbors
a ship and at the other a bombproof
cairn for explosives; when one-third
of It is roughly fenced off for a few
years while the subway burrows lt$
slow course within a yard of the grass ,
surface, destroying for the time the
plantation and preventing for all time
the growth of shade trees over It, and
when this subway seizes more of Its
precious space for entrances; when
the few surviving trees, uncared for
in recent years, are left to die limb
by limb and break down gradually,
and their place is filled by no new
shade trees ; and when, In consequence,
such a forlorn patch of barren ground
and concrete as this has become stands
year after year through the hot sum
mers neglected, dusty, and shadeless;
In a word, when its name is Union
square. The nursemaid In Punch be
ing asked by the little boy at the sta
tion: 'What Is a junction?' replies: 'A
place where two tracks separate.'
j With equal truth this square Is to us
i a place where our idea of a park and
: Its reality separate."
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putting ivy to good use
How the Plant Was Cleverly Trained
to Hide the Naked Ugliness
of a Windmill.
The highly decorative effect of Ivy
growing against the walls of castles
and other buildings was discovered
some centuries ago, but it remained
for a very modern farmer to turn, the
climbing habit of the wild grape to
good account, remarks the Popular
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The Skeleton of the Windmill Has a
Dress That Eve Might Have Envied.
Science Monthly. The photograph
tells the story. The windmill was
quickly turned from a bare frame
work, suggesting in its ugliness the in
artistic but highly useful framework
of a skyscraper, to a bower of beauty.
As a matter of fact, the farmer used
both the wild grape and the ivy (not
the kind that poisons), and in two
years had the framework well covered.
And, as the owner said: "It didn't
cost much." Moreover, the vine-clad
windmill is a thing of beauty if not a
joy forever.
Clean Up the Roadside.
Why not mow the weeds along the
roadside? How much prettier the
road will look. It only takes a few
minutes. The knowledge that you
have beautified the world a bit is pay.
Useful Trees Netted.
In many countries of Europe the
highways are lined with fruit trees,
pruned each year by the government.
In this country our highways are dec
orated with hedges, a few tame shade
trees, willows, catalpas, elms, cotton
wdod, poplar, soft maple, box eWer
all useless tree3. We need black wal
nut, butternut, hickory, dak, hard ma
ple for sugar and various frut trees.
We need spruce for airplanes and pine
trees for lumber. Thorn hedges are a
nuisance. We need hazelnuts, mul
berries, cherries, currants, raspberries,
blackberries, apples, plums, crabs,
peaches, pears, grapes. Where is a
more suitable place than owr highways
and streets?
A public landscape gardener would
more than earn his keep and be an
added blessing to the people each year.
This functionary could be given au
thority to root out such obnoxlxou
shrubs as the barberry bush.
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Loads of Fun at the Zoo
WASHINGTON. If you are fortunate
Wf o'clock, feeding time, you will find
manifest great signs of hunger, striding
up great bear cries and striking their
long claws across the bars of their
cages, like giant ukulele players.
When the keeper comes, with his
wheelbarrow of bread, the fun begins.
The keeper's aim is to give an equal
number of loaves to each bear, but the
pig in. the bear sometimes upsets this
calculation.
When one big hog I moan bear
grabs twice as many loaves as is his
due, it Is up to the keeper to make
fthn give up the extra loaves. This
Is not an easy task, especially' when it
cage. But with the aid of a long Iron
ministered on the. seemingly- concrete
bread finally goes to the right bear.
The baby hippopotamus,' growing
animal. During the recent hot days
selves eating hay, seemingly unmindful
One day last week a young woman
mented with potato chips and their availability
bag of potato chips she went through
animals. Some animals liked the chips
at them. Animals, it may be remarked,
which they do not care.
Some of the monkeys eat potato chips, th
other brands of monkeys will have nothing to do
of the experiment the young woman refused to
She said she was saving the information fi
would incorporate further experiments with pick
"Why not." I suzsrested. "try out an ukulele
So if you happen to see a young lady plunkiil
to the polar bears the next time you go out to thj
Salvage Section of Red
TCOUR stray cats, two dogs, two canaries, an d
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that have poured into the salvage section
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their waste paper and send it to the salvage de
selling it.
Other firms of the city have promised to
raised by sales of salvaged articles goes into th
Cross for war necessities and for the
dependents of the boys in service.
Many offers of aid come to Mrs.
I. Rosenburg, the traffic policeman at
northwest, offered to drive his brother's
At least 500 tinfoil collecting boxes
city in shops, restaurants and all places
These boxes are plalny marked for the
Twenty pounds of tinfoil were collected
Because Small Boy
THIS is about a Jack-o'-lantern journey which a boy took one starless night.
If you have lived in the country where Jack flickers his sinister gleams
over the marsh, you will know exactly how it happened that the boy, lost in
the dark and mistaking the light for a
cindle in a cabin window, followed on
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Also, if you had known how the
virtuous neighborhood treated Ada
line who was only a poor white be
cause of but that Is her own affair
you might have wondered why she
should have risked her life, but some
people are that way. Anyhow, the
boy was saved, but whe- the baby
came to earth with witheied feet that could never walk, and a back that
could never uncrumple, the people around said It was God's judgment as it
they personally knew.
So Adaline came here and worked her poor splendid best until the baby's
soap box became a cradle and then a cot, and after that a wheel chair and
after that a casket white, with shiny handles and fringe.
You may have known Adaline professionally, because her baskets ot
wash went into the very best families until a few weeks ago, when she
retired from business permanently. And now she isn't going to do anything
in this world but sleep beside the crumpled-up.boy in a green place under a
tree.
Which makes one glad for Adaline that there is another world for her
to go to where she will have learned by this time that:
"Greater love hath no man that ho lay down his life for a friend."
"Weaker Sex" Doing Its Part to Kelp Win the War
THIS is the day of the farmerette, conductorette, clerkette and woman
munition worker. The "wln-the-war" won. an Is as inevitable a bit of the
daily news as it is inevitable that the Yanks will keep on driving until Fritz
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in this city of more appointments than disappointments was that of a woman,
Miss Mary Van Kleeck, who rubbed her eyes one morning and read the news
that she had become chief of the new women industry division of the United
States department of labor.
Being all that, which Is equivalent to being generalissimo of all women
who have tluir sleeves up for Uncle Sam, "General" Van Kleeck found also
that she was the only woman with a seat on the national wnf labor policies
joard.
A . woman. Miss W. Wellborn "Major Billy" Wellborn of the i,.'ovost
marshal general's office dispenses more information regarding the operation
of the draft than any other Individual in the country. No local or district
draft board In any city tells so many men "where they're at" as the hit
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Everybody, by this time, realizes
how well women r.re doing their bit
la t lie ranks of the home army the
trmy that makes the very necessary
work of our boys "over there" pos
sible. It would be well If everybody
could be brought to realize also that
America has a few women Foches and
Haigs and Pershings.
The most important of all govern
ment appointments announced lately
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was under examination.
"Madame," asked he, "what time ol
nignc was u wnen you saw ine prison
er in your room?"
"Close to two o'clock in the morn
ing," came t he reply.
"Was there a light in the room?"
"No."
"Could you see your husband at
your side?"
"No."
The lawyer frowned impressively
and shot a side glance at the jury as
he fairly thundered: "Then pi. -.
mada'.nc. explain how it was you could
see the prisoner and yet not see' your
husband?"
"My husband." was the quiet an
swer, "was at the club."
Afraid cf Rats.
In Providence, U. I., a draftee pre
sented himself with a big black cat
in a bag. "I've read about rats In
the trenches," he said, "and I'm more
afraid of rats than of anything else
in the world, so I'm taking my trained
rat-catching cat along to protect me."
"You can't carry a cat overseas with
you." said the army officer.
"Well no cat, no soldier," snapped
the draftee.
Beauty is a thin veil used by some
women to hide their imperfections.
A smile is the bud and a laugh Is
the full bloom.
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