“Bemoreaticy atc. Bellefonte, Pa., February 18, 1916. et THE MASQUERADE OF LIFE. M. V. THOMAS. Come, wipe away those tears, dear; Hide all these signs of pain. What if your heart is aching? Pretend you are happy again. Let your smile seem glad, dear, And make your eyes look bright While you are treading a measure In the masquerade to-night. ‘Your grief is hard to bear, now, That throbbing heart, so sad. But if you want to triumph Just pretend that you are glad. Your sorrow will seem less real And your heart get almost light; While you are treading a measure In the masquerade to-night. Think not you are the only one Whose lot is hard to bear. ‘Time has tempered many a pain, Eased many a load of care. The smiling people that you meet But hide the signs of strife ‘While they are treading a measure, In the masquerade of life. Since man went forth from Paradise Life has been a masquerade All have joined in the measure And pain is the price they've paid. But they keep time to the music Until almost out of breath— They drop out and remove their mask As they enter the gates of death. Destructive Forest Fires. According to forest fire statistics is- sued recently by the Department of For- estry, Pennsylvania lost $850,000 from forest fires in 1915. 1,101 fires were reported for the year. They burned over 42,000 acres of the State Forests, and 295,000 acres of pri- vate forest land. Over $32,000 was spent in extinguishing them. The causes are given as follows: Rail- roads, 274 fires, doing $185,000 damage; brush burning on dry or windy days, 105 fires,doing $35,000 damage; incendiary, 102 fires, doing $98,000 damage; carelessness of hunters, fishermen, and campers, 136 fires, doing $108,000 damage; lightning, 19 fires, doing $2,000 damage; miscel- laneous, 37 fires, doing $52,000 damages; unknown, 382 fires, doing $365,000 dam- age. Department officials say that reason- able care would have prevented practic- ally all the fires except those caused by lightning, and a few which started from burning buildings. The overage fire covered 300 acres, did damage estimated at $775, and cost $30 to extinguish. Half the fires covered from 100 to 1,000 acres each; and 77 are reported as having burned over more than 1,000 acres each, or about sixty per cent of the total burned area. It is ap- parent that the greater part of the dam- age is done by the comparatively few large fires, hence the Department will make a special effort in 1916 to reduce the number of thousand-acre fires. New York, which protects about the same forest area as Pennsylvania, ap- propriates a cent an acre each year for prevention and extinction, and the aver- age fire covers only 33 acres; Pennsylva- nia appropriated only three-tenths of a cent per acre, and its average fire is ten times as large. The $850,000 loss is the direct loss from burned timber only. The indirect loss cannot be computed accurately, but itis estimated at from $15,000,000 in estimate are included the loss to labor caused by keeping unproductive 5,000,- 000 acres of forest, every acre of which is burned over once in ten years; the loss in floods, water famines, and impure water supply, caused by the burning of the humus and litter on the forest floor, which is Nature's filter; the loss in taxes, due to depreciation in value of the burn- ed forests, which amounts to $300,000 a year; and the loss to agricultural crops, which suffer from the reduced humidity of the air where no forests are present to give off moisture. There is also a decided decrease in game and birds, thousands of small animals and birds being actually burned, and thous- ands more driven from the burned for- ests. The New Bureau of Forest Protection, created by an act passed at the last ses- sion of Legislature, has reorganized the forest fire warden system of the State on a non-political basis, making appoint- ments only on merit. The cooperation of the game and fish wardens, rural mail carriers, employees of the State Highway Department, and the State Police, has been secured. Including the foresters and rangers in the Pennsylvania Forest Service, the total number of wardens is now about 1,800. The Bureau has $45,000 available for its work of prevention and extinction of forest fires for two years. Since it cost $32,000 for one year for extinction only, it is evident that few preventive meas- ures can be taken, or much relief ex- pected until sufficient funds are appro- priated. Clean, Palatable Feed will Protect Milk from Taint. D. B. Etters, of the dairy department of the Pennsylvania State College, in out- lining some of the essentials for the pro- duction of clean milk, emphasizes the necessity of feeding palatable and nutri- tious feeds which are free from mould or decay or any other defects which or might injure the health of the cow impair the quality of the milk. Care should be roots and plants such as rape, cabbage, turnips and other feeds odors. These should be hours before milking. time. Many objections have been raised in the past to the feeding of silage but these complaints are diminishing each year. Silage does not impart unpalatable flavors _have contended. The in the milk may be due to a poor grade of silage, improper feed- ing or the absorption of the odor from the stable air. A reasonable amount of a good quality of silage should be re- before the next milking so that air will not impart the odor to milk as man presence of su moved the stable to the milk. The cow should have access to a clean supply of salt, and as much fresh, pure exercised in feeding with strong lors offered after milking, and the portions not eaten re- moved from the stable at least three I Cows that are allowed to graze in fields containing wild onions or garlic should be removed from the fields several hours before milking water as she will drink should be pro- vided. Under ordinary conditions a cow will drink three times as much water as she gives milk, i. e., if she gives 30 pounds of milk she will require 90 pounds of water per day. Water is es- sential, not only for milk production, but also for food digestion. In cold weather the chill should be removed from water offered to the cows. Warns Gasoline Owners. From Oklahoma comes a warning to automobile owners and motorists of the danger of using a chamois skin as a strainer for gasoline. Ross Brooks, chief of the Oklahoma City fire department, says not one motorist in a dozen knows that he is literally taking his life in his hands when he pours his gasoline through a funnel in which he has placed a chamois skin to act as strainer. Sta- tistics of the fire departments of many large cities show that a large percentage of auto fires are caused by this simple practice. “Static electricity ’’ explains the chief, “is formed by the friction of the gaso- line passing through the chamois, which a careless motion may generate into a spark, causing a frightful explosion, which has several times occurred in the midst of a party of motorists, and the cause of which has until recently re- mained a mystery. “So long as the funnel fits tightly into the mouth of the tank there is no dan- ger. But when the funnel is held in the hand, or is separated from the conduc- tor (in this case the metal tank) it be- comes charged with one of the most powerful and deadly agents in the world, electricity. In many cases the motorist goes on his way, not knowing that he brushed elbows with death. For, unless a ground is formed as the gasoline filters through the chamois, a spark will inevit- ably leap from the funnel to the nearest point of contact with the tank. “Many persons have been burned and scarred for life and several have been killed, through ignorance of this elec- trical phenomenon. Formerly somebody was supposed to have inadvertently struck a match when these sudden ex- plosions occurred, but now investigation shows that the true reason is due to the fatal oversight of using the chamois skin in a suspended funnel. “The moral of the whole thing is, never, under any circumstances, put gas- oline through a chamois skin. The dan- ger always exists, for electricity is a pe- culiar 2gent and it is an impossibility to know when the funnel being used so in- nocently by the ignorant motorist has received its maximum capacity of the statical current.” College Offers Suggestions for Hog Chol- 1879 era Treatment. With the approcach of the open spring weather farmers should be on guard against the appearance and sprend of hog cholera in their herds. Suggestions for the prevention and treatment of hog cholera as outlined by the Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture and Experiment Station include the following: 1. Feed clean food and properly balanced rations. 2. Keep troughs clean and free from dirt and filth, and disinfect pens with a dip solution once a week. 3. Put all new hogs in quarantine for two weeks before putting them in with the clean herd; never peddle a boar around for service; never breed to a paddled boar, nor allow a boar to serve strange sows. 4. Watch out for birds and dogs as car- riers of infection; never allow a neigh- bor to enter the hog pen if there is a strange disease among his hogs, and keep away from his pen also.’ 5. Keep a mixture of charcoal, salt and sulphur in a clean, dry place where it will be acces- sible to hogs all the time. 6. In an out- break notify a competent . veterinarian or the Live Stock Sanitary Board, Harris- burg. 7. In case of hog cholera remove healthy hogs from infected pens and vaccinate them. 8. Burn dead hogs and refuse, clean up pens and thoroughly disinfect premises. The New Commandments. 1—Remember that I am thy wife. Wonom thou shouldst cherish all thy ife. 2—Thou shall not stay out late at night when worldly trivials invite. 3—Thou shalt not smoke indoors or out, Nor chew tobacco roundabout. 4—Thou shalt with praise receive my ies, . Nor pastry made by me despise. 5—My mother thou shalt strive to piease, And let her live with us in ease. 6—Remember ’tis thy duty clear To dress me well, however dear. 7—Thou shalt in manner duly meek Give me thy wages once a week. 8—Thou shalt not be a drinking man But keep the prohibition ban. 9—Thou shalt not flirt, but must agree To leave that privilege for me. 10—Thou shalt arise when baby cries And bid him close his little eyes. These ten commandments day by day Thou shalt implicitly obey. —Seneca (Mo.) News-Dispatch. Regarding Chestnut Blight. Since the Chestnut Blight Commission has passed out of existence, the Depart- ment of Forestry has been keeping an eye on the situation in Pennsylvania. Recently the statement has been made frequently that the blight has run its course and is gradually dying out in the State. To discover the truth of this statement, the Department addressed a circular letter to fifty-four of its foresters, covering forty counties, asking if the blight was spreading, receding, or ap- parently stationary in their districts. Replies have been received from fifty- one of the foresters. Twenty-eight re- port the blight spreading rapidly; eight report that it is apparently stationary; one reports it receding; and fourteen re- port no blight on or near their forests. The infection reported farthest west is in northwestern Clearfield county; that farthest east in central Pike county; that farthest north in northwestern Tioga county; and that farthest south near the Maryland line in Franklin county. A skirt yoke of sheer material, mar- quisette stitched to taffeta. One of the prettiest of ways to accommodate the great fulness in skirts is to gather it to a yoke which is already full. That bodices are tight is undisputed, and above the full skirt yoke a rather tight fitted bodice, buttoned snugly up and down the front and seamed over the bust. a — ~Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. Y. W. C. A. MILESTONES OR CONTRASTING THE YEARS. FIFTY YEARS AGO 1866-1876 Fifty years! A long look backward, but how golden may be the achievements of such a period of time. Fifty years ago in the classical city of Boston, thirty earliest women met to consider the needs of girls who came to that city to seek employment. The needs of these girls led to the organi- zation of the first Young Women’s Christian Association in this country, which was effected March 3rd, 1866. Down-town rooms were opened. Miss Mary Foster was called as the first general secretary and the work was launched! The work at that time was largely that of an employment bureau, but educa- tional classes, both vocational and cul- tural and religious meetings were also eld. Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, R. L; Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pa., in 1867, and Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Louis. Missouri, in 1868 followed by forming similar societies called. Women’s Christian Associations. Oth- ers in the Mississippi Valley took the name of Young Women’s Christian Asso- ciations. On October 9th and 10th, I871, dele- gates from nine Women’s Christian Asso- ciations met at Hartford and formed .what later bore the name of the Inter- national Conference of Women’s Christian Associations. The first Young Women’s Christian Association building was erected in Hartford, Connecticut in 1872. Here- tofore they had been purchased and re- modelled. The first student Association was or: ganized at Normal, Illinois, in 1873. The first summer home was opened at Asbury Park, New Jersey, in 1874. FORTY YEARS AGO 1876-1886 Forty years ago gymnasium work of to-day was unknown, but calisthenics— which was more training in grace of movement than in healthful bodily vigor —was first taught in 1877 by a boarder in the Boston i:oarding home. In 1884 Boston opened the first Asso- ciation gymnasium for women in America in their building in Berkeley street. Boston led the country in establishing cooking classes and domestic training in In 1883 Boston gave the first series of emergency lectures. Heretofore there had been practically unrelated local Associations. In 1884 State Associations made up of the vari- ous local Associations were formed in Michigan, Ohio and Iowa. unteer workers. TO-DAY Feb. 1-7, 1916 To-day there are 245 city Associations with a membership of 273, 234. 93 Asso- ciations placed 52,410 girls in position last year. Practically all of these city Associa- tions now have down-town rooms. . 1663 secretaries are on the employed staft of the Young Women’s Christian Association. There are also many vol- To-day the subjects taught in the edu- cational classes range from those found ! on the curriculum of schools from the grammar grade to the university. The latest enrollment gives: Bible study 47,835. Educational classes 45.415. Domestic and Science 26,964. Employment bureau placements 52,410. Ex-Secretary of State Knox Relates How Its Origin Was Revealed to Him. I have always loved a horse and for many years I was at a loss to discover the reason for my affection. It did not come from early association with him. The mystery of my passion was finally solved. My gentle mother, of whom Dr. John A. Brashear, the great astronomer, once wrote, “she was more nearly a wingless angel than anyone I have ever known,” being on her way to the Pacific coast, stopped several days with me at my home in Pittsburgh. Yielding to my persuasion, to the charm of a brilliant October aft- ernoon, and to my specific promise that I would drive slowly, she, not- withstanding her seventy-five years, went for a drive with me behind as quiet and swift a little mare as could be desired. With literal adherence to my prom- : ise Dolly jogged along and we enjoyed The last National Convention was held | at Los Angeles, California, May 5-11, | 1915 with an attendance of 1235 the day. Presently an alertness in the mare, which could be felt rather than seen, indicated something coming be- | hind. With one eye on the little lady To day the Associations own 189 build- ings, with a property valuation of $9,- 162,147. { There are 721 Student Associations | with a membership of 65,348. To-day thousands of girls in relays joyfully hie themselves to one of the 100 | summer homes in various parts of the country for country air, rest, quiet hours with good books, bacon bats, corn roasts, | athletics and aquatic sports of all kinds according to the physical advantage of the location of these homes. TO-DAY Feb. 8-14, 1916 There are to-day 58,462 members en-' rolled in classes of the physical education department. i To-day 197 Associations have well | equipped gymnasiums. | Cooking class members now number 8,623 in 125 Associations. In 1915 hundreds of certificates were : issued for examinations passed in the | Red Cross Manual and First Aid classes. ! The United States is now organized | into eleven fields, each field grouping | several States. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN DAILY THOUGHT. Love all, trust a few, be false to none.—Shake Speare. | much as a cupful of vinegar. The vine- gar must be a good one, however, either malt or cider, for the cheap brands con- tain acetic acid and are very harmful. | Pour the sauce over the cabbage, put the ! cover on the saucepan, and let it stand on the side of the range for five minutes, | It may be the result of the feminist when sauce and cabbage should be per- | movement, or merely a whim, but wom- fectly blended. | sheer material of the skirt is carried one-half cup rolled oats, one-half cup en are claiming the masculine advantage of pockets. This season pockets large or pockets small are a feature of many of the new gowns. Another point in many of the spring dresses is that the above the belt. Last August Callot showed a smart Cream the butter, add sugar gradually | satin cape on a satin dress. This cape has now become a prominent feature in fashions, and for the spring pretty cape | ure and add the milk and oatmeal. Sift collars—or little shoulder capes—appear ! the flour, baking powder and®salt; com- on both dresses and coats. It drops over bine ingredients. Stir in the vanilla. the shoulders in cape effect and supports Drop by spoonfuls onto a greased pan above it a collar of sheer material, which and bake in a slow oven about thirty stands up‘ around the throat but by no | minutes. means fits it. Cuffs of sheer organdy complete the deep turned-back cuffs of the material, which finish the rather full sleeve. Box-plaited ruching, especially the very | sourceful housewife is able to use them narrow, pesky variety, is decidedly in as a substitute for dinner rolls to serve evidence this spring and is used delight- fully around the bottom of bodices and to edge cuffs. Cheruit has used this quilling on a deep pocket effect at the sides of a pretty faille model, and the house of Callot has placed it in a narrow width around the bottom of the skirt of a pretty spring model. A charming sleeve which is especially good when made of chiffon or any other ; 2 Piping tube, such as employed in the transparent fabric, is slightly gathered | fanciful arrangements of whipped cream, at the armhole, and at the dropped shoul- der line a great deal of fulness is attach- ed. In some instances the fulness is Can be piped in the center on ay small added under machine stitching and in Plain cracker, and a dot of stiff jelly can others under picot-edging. The sleeve ; be placed thereon. A drops very full to below the elbow, where | can have a border of the softened cheese, it is caught by two bands of ribbon tied | in tiny bows. A point in materials which is interest- ing is that satin and serge, or taffeta and ! serge, will be combined. A close fitting waist with its flaring peplum appears in a Jenny suit of dark blue taffeta; the full peplum is edged with a band of blue serge. Both the combination of two ma- terials and the tight waist and the flaring ruffle-like effect of the peplum are mark- ed features of spring fashions. Some of the peplums, to be sure, will be a little longer than others. Cheruit, who has always had the knack of making charming collars, has design- ed a deep cape collar for a spring model which sets away from the neck and is not unlike a shawl collar in the back. This type of collaris made much of in the fashions of spring, and indeed capes themselves are favored, for Chanel has frankly made one, two, or three capes on suits of jersey cloth. And speaking of jersey cloth,enough can not be said about its advantages. Heretofore it has been used in bright colors for country suits, but now in darker colors it is used also for dresses, and for town as well as for country wear. Hot Slaw.—Shred the cabbage finely, as for cold slaw or cabbage salad, boil rapidly in salted water until tender, and drain thoroughly. Make meanwhile a sauce of one tablespoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, a little pepper cayenne, and, if it is liked sharp, as and | | { | i i | crackers. Guava jelly is especially liked | - | Oatmeal Cookies.—One-half cup but | ter, one-half cup sugar, one well-beaten egg, one tablespoonful of milk, one and whole wheat flour, one and one-fourth teaspoonful baking powder, one-fourth teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful vanilla. Beat the egg Meas- and continue creaming. and add it to the butter mixture. For emergency use there is nothing more helpful than a supply of crackers of various kinds. With a knowledge of how to make the most of these the re- with soup or with the salad course, in- stead of bread-sticks or cheese-straws. They are also capable of being trans. formed into dainty morsels to serve with the sweet course at luncheon and offer Infinite variety for the afternoon tea ta- e. Especially appropriate to serve with salads are crackers combined with cheese and any tart fruit, jam or jelly. By using some pretty effects can be easily gained. A rosette of moistened crea 1 cheese square cracker piped around, leaving the inner surface of the cracker uncovered. This can be sprinkled with chopped nuts, with a dot of jelly in the center or the entire sur- face spread with stiff jelly, held in place by the border of cheese. Itis also a favorite idea to mix the cheese with bar le duc or other fruit pre- serves and pipe this colored and flavored cheese in any preferred way on the plain in combination with crackers and cheese. Graham crackers and plain ginger wa- fers are appropriate for this same form of treatment and make appetizing ac- gompaniments for afternoon tea or cof- ee. Hints for Making Candy. When a syrup has boiled long enough to spin a fine thread when dropped from spoon or fork, it has reached the “hair- ing’ or “threading” stage, and after that it should not be stirred or it is apt to granulate. Should fondant stick to the hands, dip fingers in alcohol. After a boiled syrup is beaten, it should look like lard, otherwise it was not al- lowed to cool sufficiently before beating was begun. Use fresh ice cold water for each trial of candy. Butter should not be added to candy until it is almost done. ayors are more delicate when not boiled in candy, but added afterward. I A —————— —Watch for the Woman’s club caba- ret entertainment Easter week. in the seat and the other on the one in the shafts I let the latter have her way gradually without seeming to dis- turb the former. In a moment w+ were stepping some, but not enough, for with a whiz and a cloud of dust we had been passed. This was a new experience for the mare. She resent ed it and was soon in full pursuit. 1 had not yet gotten fully into the game. I still felt the restraint of my promise and while hesitating what to do I felt a motion at my side and turning saw my mother tightening her bonnet strings and in tones of excited pleas ure she said, “There, Phil, there is a and we did. I have never since doubted where 1 got my love for a horse.—Former Sec retary Philander C. Knox, in the Breed . ers’ Gazette. Increased Safety for Autos. The automobile has been found to be such an important feature of the war operations that the German gov- ernment has undertaken to increase the efficiency of the motor car by keeping the roads free of glass. Dras tic orders have been issued on this subject, and the school children in all parts of the country have been in structed to look carefully over the roadways which they have to pass, and to pick up every bit of broken glass, or sharp piece of metal, which might be injurious to automobiles. Per- sons who are seen to drop glass or bottles upon the highways are sub jected to severe reprimand on the first occasion and to a fine on the second Motorists who in former years have and sharp tacks on roads and streets declare that the order has cleaned the roads as if by magic, and that punc- tures or blowouts are rare things at present. Latest Glass Substitute. As a substitute for glass in the equipment of automobiles and many other similar uses, a product has been brought out recently in Germany and is now being subjected to rigid tests in various shapes at the scene of war. It is known as ‘“‘cellon” and has many remarkable qualities. It is almost un- breakable by ordinary handling. Sheets of this material can be bent backward and forward many times without breaking; blocks of this transparent product can be sujected to blows without showing fractures; it can be produced in any desired thickness. Clear and completely transparent, light or dark colored, mottled or even black, it can be used for the manufacture of all objects now made of celluloid. Its chief advantage over celluloid is its safety against fire. A sheet of cellon may be ignited by an open flame. China and Christianity. The progress of the Christian re- ligion in China under the policy of “very benevolent neutrality” practiced by Yuan Shi-kai is noteworthy. Dur- ing the last year, it is said, over 700 high officials, merchants and literati have enrolled in Bible classes. The churches in Peking—12 in all—are filled to overflowing with new adher- ents, and several of them have en- larged their quarters. It is not un- usual to see meetings held under Christian auspices attended by audi- ences of 3,000 students. Yuan Shi-kai himself recently made a big contribu- tion to the work of the Methodist col- lege in Peking. Powerful Electric Hammer. An electric hammer of new design has recently been evolved by a leading American electrical manufacturer. Briefly, the new hammer consists of a high-speed, series-wound electric motor driving an eccentric mechanism through reduction gearing; the mech. anism, in turn, operating a plunger which is virtually the hammer. A sleeve is provided in which the drill or hammer rod may be inserted, so that it can be rapidly struck by the plunger. Chinese Like Tobacco. The introduction of the tobacco hab- it among the Chinese dates back only a few years, and its spread throughout the country has been astonishingly rapid, so it is stated by Consul Gen- eral Anderson at Hongkong. The cig- arette habit is not confined to men. Girls and women of all classes and ages, from ten years of age upward, in- dulge as freely and openly in cig- arettes, with as much apparent enjoy- ment, as do their brothers. / | HIS LOVE FOR GOOD HORSE | ‘FORESIGHT MADE HIM RICH ‘Missouri Druggist’s Investment ir Quinine Before the War Proved Good Speculation. One does not have to live in a large town to find an opportunity to make a fortune. The opportunities are every iwhere. It is only the man with his leyes open who sees them. Druggisi ;Dimmitt of Rochester, Mo., who re membered the demand for quinine dur ing the Civil war, had his eyes open, ‘for he bought 10,000 ounces of quinine a little more than a year ago at 14 cents an ounce. His judgment proved correct, for the quinine that cost him $1,400 is now worth $25,000, and it may go higher. He has had nothing to do with in creasing the price. It is the demand that is putting it up. A philanthropist might argue that it is a crime to make money out of the necessities of the sick; but philanthropists who refuse to turn an honest penny when the op portunity offers are few and far be tween. Some of them do not indulge in philanthropy as a recreation unti] they have accumulated a large surplus by squeezing the last cent of profit from. every transaction. In the mean: time the Dimmitts of big towns and little ones are doing their best to qual ify themselves for benevolence by making hay while death wields the scythe. KILLS HIMSELF AS HE SLEEPS New York Physician Makes Fatal Use of Revolver When He Dreams of Battle. Dr. Arthur L. Reeve, Brooklyn, shot, and killed himself in bed. His wife, i 1 his side, said that wide place; you can pass him there;” | WhO Wag Sslespat nse sa she believes he took his life while in the grip of a nightmare. Mrs. Reeve was awakened by the shot. She reached over and touched her husband, but he did not move. “It was purely an accident,” said Mrs. Reeve laier. “He dreamed he was battling with someone, and reached under his pillow, got the re- volver he always kept there, and shot himself while asleep.” Mrs. Reeve added that two nights before her husband had a nightmare, during which he wandered around the house, being awakened when he bumped his head against a door. She said that sometimes in his dreams the physician would cry out with fright: There was no reason for him to com- mit suicide, she said. Unique Heating System. Whether it is practical or not, the new system of heating for homes de- vised by a Swedish inventor certainly has the distinction of being unique. ; It is designed for houses of from four been suffering from the broken glass to ten rooms and is especially in- tended for localities where electrical current is inexpensive. The system consists of two tanks, a motor-driven rotary pump and the necessary radi- ators and piping. One of the tanks is placed in the attie of the house and is thermally insulated. In it are placed the heating units, which, normally, are only operated at night, when the rates for electric current are low. In the morning the units are disconnected from the supply circuit and the motor- driven pump started. The water flows down the piping and through the radi- ators by the force of gravity and is collected in a receiving tank in the basement, from where it is pumped out and returned to the tank in the attic. Soup Kitchens for Birds. The establishment of “soup Kkitch- ens” for the birds in the cemeteries and city parks has been proposed by A. J. Watson, scout commissioner, who offers to have Boy Scouts maintain them if the suet necessary is fur nished free, states the Kansas City Star. He also calls on all scouts to feed the hungry birds about their homes until the snow has melted fully. Scouts are taught to study bird life and protect it. To feed the birds scouts have found the best way is to tie pieces of suet in trees and keep grain and seeds in boxes also nailed to trees. . “The furnishing of the seeds is a small item,” Mr. Watson said. “The scout organization will gladly do that, but it does not have the funds to fur- nish suet. If any person or organiza- tion will furnish it, the scouts will dis- tribute it.” Nitric Acid Needed. Since the outbreak of the world war the need of an added abundance of nitrogen has become doubly appar- ent. Nitric acid goes into the making of munitions; the manufacture of nitroglycerin, dynamite, guncotton, smokeless powder and trinitratoluol are absolutely dependent upon fixed nitrogen. Many synthetic medicines would be denied to humanity but for the metamorphosing powers of nitro- gen, and for the millions that have been stricken by its violence hundreds of thousands have been helped back to health and strength through this same element in its beneficent moods. Oppose C triches in Harness. The Humane society of Los Angeles, Cal., has taken up arms against the use of the ostrich in harness and has introduced a measure seeking to make their use for that purpose unlawful. Some of the reasons advanced are: The birds are dangerous because they are liable to kick in any direction; they violate the speed laws and they are a menace to traffic because, with their well-known fondness for hard ware, they are apt to eat auto acces | sories, licenses, tail lights, etc.
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