20 Scientific Discussions by Garrett P. Serviss "Why will snakes live in any other country save the Emerald Isle? Why cannot shamrocks be grown in any other country but Ireland?—J. R." You have hit upon one of the hard est questions in natural history, viz: how did the animals and plants in habiting this little projectile called the earth get distributed over its surface as we find them to-day? Before mod ern science arose no one thought it worth while to ask such a question, because then the answer would have been regarded as obvious. The an swer would have been that God planted the world with life as a farmer plants his fields, putting various species in the places where they could best flour ish. or where they served some special purpose of the controlling mind. Modern scientists are not in accord with regard to the mode of origin of the earth's inhabitants, for some Shut out the idea of God the Creator, and look for some force or principle in nature—which they are unable to describe—to take His place. while others admit that there must have been at work an all-embracing intelli- j genes and a conscious governing pur- j pose, which terms may serve as their. definition of God. It is very hard to j get rid of God, but it is easy to draw | a curtain over him. But, however, they may differ about God. scientists are all agreed that the Asserts New Discovery Brings Blessed Relief to Rose and Hay Fever Sufferers Can Make It Yourself At Home At Trifling Expense In spite of all the doubters and scoffers, a man in Kentucky, who changed his annoying and distress ing hay fever into less than a mild cold, claims most emphatically that if taken in time hay fever can be conquered or at least made so harm less that it is not even bothersome. He gave his discovery to scores of other sufferers with the most re markable results and has recently been- prevailed upon to dispense it through pharmacists to all hay fever sufferers who still have faith that nature has provided an effective remedy for this common yet miser able disease. Age and Experience AFTER all, age, quality and good-busi ness methods all go together. They don't come by accident either. The lumber business that combines them has taken years to grow. We're building our business to LAST. If you want to do the same to your struc tures, see that the lumber comes from UNITED. United Ice & Coal Co. Lumber Department Forster and Cowden Sts. To the Boys Who Won the World's War Today and tomorrow are your holi days. The flags are flying, bands are playing, honors and medals are yours for so gallantly going over the top," and there is a great big feast on the banks of the Susquehanna. We owe it to you and more. You were not selfish when you went away. So make it Mother s holiday, too, and Dad's. Take her far away from the cook stove and kitchen sink. Mother, father, sister and brother Johnny will enjoy The Cafeteria, at honest prices and have time to see your marching col umns. 11 to 2 p. M: ■ stoß P. M. The Cafeteria 3rd and Walnut HOTEL COLUMBUS BLDG. Ji MONDAY EVENING, animals and plants hwt not been dis tributed with express Intention, to va rious chosen parts of the globe by the Creator's own hand, but that they have spread under the Influence and control of "natural" forces, such as the efTecta of environment. The un derlying thought Is that the Creator (sub judice. If you wish) set the ani mated world going, as He had already set the solar system going, and al lowed it to develop without His inter ference under the control of laws that were ingrained in its nature, and which, while fundamentally inviolable, nevertheless admitted and indeed re- quire evolutionary modification. Now, at the very start science is confronted with a question not readily answered, and that is: When the earth was prepared for life did life begin all over the globe virtually at the same time, or did it begin in som selected place, or places, and after wards spread? To put that question more pointedly: Did life appear sim ultaneously on both sides of the Atlan tic, or did it originate only in the "Old World," and thence find its way to the "New World." Wo may never have a conclusive solution of that problem, but scientists are continually begging the question by starching for ways and means by which various species of plants and animals could have "emigrated," thus assuming that if two species in widely separated parts of the earth closely re semble eac hother they could not have sprung up independently In both re gions, but must necessarily have start- And best of all this remedy costs almost nothing. Get a one ounce bottle of Mentholized Arcine at any drug store, pour the contents into a pint bottle and till the pint bot tle with water that has been boiled. Then gargle as directed and twice daily snuff or spray each nostril thoroughly. That's all there is to it; so simple ; that a lot of people will say that it 1 can't do the work; but oftentimes | simple natural remedies are the best I as you will find after using. If you will make up a pint and i use it for a week or ten days you I need not be surprised if your unwel l come yearly visitor fails to appear. Ed in one place and migrated to the other. Without discussing this assumption, let us suppose it to be correct Then wo shall have- an obvious answer to the question: Why are there no snakes in Ireland? The answer is: Because snakes lie.d their cradle else where and couldn't cross the lrlili Sea. They originated, apparently in Asia and spread easily over Europe, and got across in* considerable num bers in Great Britain, by aid of a r.ow submerged "land-bridge," but the Irish Sea was too deep for that kind iof • a bridge, and so snakes and toads never reached the Emerald Isle, and few reptiles of any kind sur%:eded in getting there. It is an old saying that "God is good to the Irish." But when we go further we come upon new difficulties, which, however, may not be fatal to the principle of the explanation. For Instance, Ireland possesses a few remarkable species of pun;?" and animals that arc absent, or almost absent, from England, while, they abound in the Western Mediter ranean lands. There is. for instance, a curiously spotted slug peculiar to Ireland and to Portugal, while the snails of those two countries are also closely related. Another example is found In Mada gascar, where there are no venomous snakes, although nonvenomous species exist there. Africa has many venomous snakes, but the sea is deep, though narrow, between Africa and Madagascar. It may be called a rule in natural history that snakes, frogs and toads cannot migrate across barriers of salt water. Accordingly, nearly all oceanic islands are free from them and but sparingly supplied with reptiles of any kind. An interesting question is: How large would an Isolated island have to be in order that it could from its own vital resources produce its own plants and animals? Australia is almost of continental dimensions, and it has a peculiar fauna and flora. Tho prevailing fad of science de mands that these should have come from a suppositious former Antarctic contingent, or archipelago, that en joyed a genial climate. It would be | much simpler to suppose that Aus tralia bred them herself. As to the shamrock. It is a va riety of trefoil, or clover, which finds the Irish soil and climate particularly kind, but I do not think that it calls for any special explanation. Bits of Sports Washington Americans arrived in ; Hcrrisburg at 11.15 this morning. The Academy Bowling League ; scheduled to start to-night will make j a getaway to-morrow night. The I change was made because of to-day's | Lig welcome home program. Lewistown and Bdlwood football I teams played a scoreless tie on Sat -1 urday. It was the opening game at i Lewistown. Announcement was made to-day that all world's series games would start at 2 o'clock. That means 3 o'clock in Hairlsburg. On Saturday in the game between New York and Athletics, Bab Shaw key, the Yankee pitcher, fanned 15 batters. This was one less than Rube Waddell's record. In 1884 a pitcher made 19 strikeouts. Puts Flesh On Your Bones If'you are weak, run-down. loos in* flesh and *ren£th. from over-work or the after effects of such diseases as Grippe, Influenza, or Fever, you need more Iron in your blood to build you up DR. CHASE'S Blood SBlNerve Tablets A re made from Iron, Nux Vomica Gentian. 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SAYS BAKER ARMY BILL IS "AS BAD AS IT CAN BE" Now York, Sept. 29.—The Baker-| March Army bill is characterized as "really as bad as can be," "patch work" and "thoroughly unsound" in a letter written by Major Tompkins Mcllvaine, acting chairman of the executive committee of the Military Training Camps Association of the United States, to Secretary of War Baker, made public to-day by the National Security League, of whose committee on universal military in struction and training. Major Mcll vaine is a member. Major Mcllvaine declares that the bill does not represent the best thought of the Regular Army and lays particular emphasis upon the excessive size of the standing army called for and the inadequate train ing period provided in the bill. His letter to Mr. Baker reads in part: "Perpetuate Mistakes" "In my opinion, the so-called ad ministration bill in its main features is thoroughly unsound and would perpetuate our worst mistakes. "It provides for a standing army of some 576,000 peace strength and for three months' training (or rath er half training, since the period of training should be six, not three months), of the male youth of the country, during their twentieth year. But no attempt is made to organize the young men so half trained into a citizen army and to give to any selected percentage of them the fur ther progressive training necessary to qualify those selected to 4kccome the reserve officers, noncommission ed officers and enlisted specialists, without whom no citizen army can be' organized and without whom yre must rely solely on professionals. "There is a great difference be tween half training and then turn ing loose a number of young men as private soldiers and creating an or- j ganization—a citizen army—that can be mobilized in an emergency and that when mobilized will be ready ] to take the field and function effi ciently. "The administration bill altogeth er loses sight of the fact that it takes longer to train the officers-noncom missioned officers and enlisted spe cialists than it does the privates. Without training these leaders in ad vance it is, from the citizen army standpoint, largely a waste of time and money to train the private sol diers. "On the outbreak of war, we shall have no organized federal force ex cept the Regular Army. Under the terms of the bill, the Regular Army in time of peace is to be recruited wholly by voluntary enlistment as heretofore, and as no adequate in ductments have been or can be add ed and as conditions after the war will probably be less favorable to recruiting than prior to the war, there is no reason to believe that the strength of the Regular Army would in the future, be much greater than in the past. In my opinion the giv ing of educational and vocational training to the enlisted men of the Regular Army will not in the long run prove much of a stimulus to re cruiting, (indeed, I doubt its prac ticability, as well as its popularity). We must not asstime that on the outbreak of wai; even the Regular Army could bethrown against the enemy as an organized whole. Far from it. As we cannot fight a mod ern war with the Regular Army alone, it will be necessary to raise a citizen army, through the draft law, which the bill expressly pro vides shall not come into effect until after 'a formal declaration of war by the Congress of the United New Series Starts For County Championship Hummelstown and West End will clash to-morrow at Hummelstown in the first game of the series between these teams lor the county champion ship. The game will start at 6.15 p m. Manager Strickler, of Hum melstown, intends to use his strong est lineup, including Lome of the best amateur players in Central Pennsyl vania. There are also a few semi professional payers included In the •list submitted, and may make their appearance later on. Manager Strick let has four of the best pitchers in the country, including each pitcher's catcher. Hassler and Alcorn are two southpaws and will more than like-' ly be a big sttractton during the series. Their catchers will be Hip pensteel and Waltz, who need no recommendation as' their work be hind the bat account for It all. Wat son, better krown as "Mule," and Brown are right-handers who need no recommendation. McDonnell and Hart will receive them. Manager Householder will use practically the same lineup he had against Marysville anl a good game can be expected. More than likely West End will use for their batter ies Strieker and Knight in the open game. Two games were bowled Saturday In the Evangelical League. The White Sox won over the Red Sox, scores, 1354-1308. The Senators de feated the Athletios series. 1430 to 1340. The Senators lead with three games. Red Sox has two arid White Sox one. States.' Consequently, the Regular Army would have to be pulled to pieces to supply the wistructors and leaders for the citizen army, since, as already said, the bill makes no adequate provision for the training of citizen leaders; that is, officers, noncommissioned officers and enlis ed specialists. Thus, we shall be just where we were in 1917. Again, it would be more than a year be fore we could create any real mili tary organization that could take the field against the enemy. It is for these reasons that I say that the bill perpetuates the worst mistakes of the past." League Investigating The National Security League, which has been an earnest advocate of universal military training since its organization, has not yet taken a position regarding the various bills before Congress. It is carefully investigating the best opinion on all sides of the subject before deciding upon what form of enactment of universal military training and army reorganization it will endorse. The foregoing is published solely as information. OPENING OF The Most Beautifully Decorated Hall in the City "DANCELAND" SECOND AND FORSTER STREETS WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 1, and Every Wednesday Thereafter Music by 10-piecc Ranjo-Suxo Orcheatra Flowers Free to All GENTS oO —ADMISSION— LADIES 330 8.30 to 11,30 POINTERS All Soldiers in Uniform Admitted Free ON In lin . e with the announcements in the daily papers every soldier in uniform will be admitted free to every theater. The soldier is entitled to bring a friend. CELEBRATION MAJESTICI COLONIAL I VICTORIA TOM TODAY T CO A ERS R BROWN'S *" d WILLIAM MUSICAL W FARNUM CAN nnnir "■ "■ in his latest success ATTEND 4—Other Keith Acts— 4 PDimTU Q WOLVES HELEN HOLMES ull Hi OF THE _ . Ixl " rst episode of Greatest success of the season, fea* AT T WV T® HOME IHE FATAL FORTUNE SStrarSPES NIGHT CELEBRATION AND OTHCR NOTAB,CS An Enlarged and Revised Edition of the Babylonian Episode of "Intolerance" r THE FALL MATINEES F \ XJ* ATTHE V/ JL S BABYLON MISSING Als6 the Incomparable Dancing Marvel " ■■ THE IT'XT'TI A in the "Dance I MATINEE TODAY AT 3 / M . OTHER DAYS 2.30 GREAT IV J. of Undulation" | EVENING SHOWS—7 and 9.15 PAGEANT ADMISSION TO ALL PARTS OF THEATER 50c NEWS OF THE THEATERS MAJESTIC High Class Vaudeville Five head liner Keith Acts featuring "Tom Brown's Musical Revue," an act with plenty of pep. Also the first episode of the great stunt serial, "Tho Fatal Fortune." COLONIAL. All this week, starting to-day —• "The Fall of Babylon," D. W. Grif fith's colossal success, and Kyra, the celebrated terpsichorean mar vel. VICTORIA To-day, to-morrow and Wednesday— William Farnum in "Wolves of the Night." REGENT To-day. to-morrow and Wednesday— Charlie Chaplin in "Work." To-day and to-morrow —Enid Ben nett in "The Haunted Bedroom." Wednesday and Thursday __ Dor othy Gish in "Nugget Nell." Friday and Saturday Charles Ray In "Hay Foot, Straw Foot." A treat worthy of any Welcome Home celebration awaits the heroes Harrisburg pays At the Majestic homage to to-day at the Majestic Theater. The management has arranged a won derful vaudeville show featuring "Tom Brown's Musical llevue," a lively musical offering. Four other Keith acts complete the bil. Owing to the celebration to day's matinee will not start at 2.30 the usual hour, but will be delayed until 3 o'clock. The initial opisodo of a great stunt serial featuring the movies' most daring woman. Helen Holmes, will also he shown. In one episode this daring girl leaps from one airptano to another while in midair. WILLIAM PARM.II IS A MAN'S MAN William Farnum puts one of the most dramatic and intense fights ever staged into the thrilling end ing rf his new photoplay, "Wolves of tho Night," a fight into which Farnum throws himself with the agility of an athlete and the sk ll of a champion. As the desperate man. resolved to win back wile, child and fortune, from devilish schemers, he locks himself in an office, attacks three who attempt to coerce him with a pistol, and there, in as stirring an encounter as has | over been ricttirized, battles tliotn. This fight, which is just one of the many intense scenes in that com pelling photoplay of love and finance, "Wolves of the Night,' a William Fox production, showing at the Victoria Theater to-day is one more demon stration of the surprises Farnum has up his sleeve. It proves that Far num, pppular, handsome, magnetic though he is, is no mere matinee idol, but a man's man far all his charm, and a man of power into tile bargain. BABYLON I.IVES AGAIN And Some People Believe It Wasn't Much Different From America According to the views held by many of our foremost citizens, the er rors of an age long passed away were not more flagrant than some of the pet mistakes of 1919. One of these citizens Is David Wark Griffith, the dramatic genius who produced "The Fall of Babylon." which opens a one week engagement at the Colonial the ater to-day. Kyra dances in conjunc tion Willi this show. "People in Babylon." says Mr. Grif fith, "had just as many domestic dramas as we hear aired in the do- SEPTEMBER 29, 19T9. 1 mestic relations courts to-day. The fact that they didn't have any the aters may account for their habit of staging dramas right in their own homes—a habit we have to-day de spite the number of playhouses that grace our big cities. In Babylon it was not just the infidelities of man and wife, but In most instances man and wives, for their was no Babylonian law against a man having more than one or fifty wives." According to Mr. Griffith. Babylon only differed from any American city in that its people were born many hundreds of years ago; that its streets and houses were more magnificent; that its dress was more gorgeous; that its men and women were more religious. As a matter of record they prayed constantly. The things you read about and hear about in the days of Babylon have been transferred by Mr. Griffith to the motion picture screen, and there can he no doubt that "The Fall of Bnbylon." like former Griffith works, is an accurate and authentic repro duction of those days when Prince Bolshnzzar and King Nabonidus ruled in mighty splendor. There is an emi nent satisfaction in knowing that this period of history has been reproduced for the eyes of to-day. ENID BENNETT AND CHAPLIN AT THE nEGENT Charlie Chaplin and Enid Bennett appear at the Regent theater to-day in what should prove a delightful double attraction. Charlie Chaplin will cavort in his picture "Work," while Miss Bennett appears in her newest Paramount photoplay "The Haunted Bedroom." This double at traction will be shown to-day and to morrow. Miss Bennett is a reporter in this picture and is sent out to investigate a ghcst mystery. She runs into the ghost in a graveyard and again in the haunted bedroom. It is a gripping mystery story. There is nothing su pernatural about the picture and no trickery. There is not an in- concerning the disappearing nlaln a ? not sa tisfactorily ex jplained to the spectators. Bigger and Better Than Ever Before THE GREAT CA ID BLOOMSBURG TAIR THE BARNUM OF THEM ALL > FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION September 30—October 1-2-3 A Midway Finer Than the Others. $4.000 in Racing Purses. Wonderful Livestock Exhibits, Shown in All New Buildings. Poultry, Dog and Rabbit Show That Are a Fair in I hemselves. Amazing Free Vaudeville Attractions. * SIO,OOO IN PREMIUMS BAND CONCERTS DAILY Unobstructed View of the Entire Stretch of the track. PLAN TO COME REGENT DOUBLE ATTRACTION TODAY AND TOMORROW CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "WORK" niul tlic new Paramount Picture* with ENID BENNETT in "The Haunted Bedroom" WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DOROTHY GISH in the Paramount Picture "NUGGET NELL" A ftor you have laughed your self hoarse at this burlesque travesty on the Wild and Movie West you'll say that Dorothy Gish is the funniest she-hero tlia't ever captured a man.
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