NEWS FLASHES Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told East Norristown, Pa., destroying the homes at a loss of $200,000. firemen were injured fighting the flames. Edwin Stiles, 13, of Philadelphia, recently donned long trousers for the first time and was stabbed as a result. A negro lad taunted him with being a “sissy” and the fight ensued. Mrs. Hannah Eppelsheimer, aged 100 vears, of Philadelphia ,died last weel possession of her faculties. Williston P. Sophia Weiss, Philadelphia, were recently ai- Weiss and vorced after fifty years of married life i Detween fifteen and twenty whar- 5 rants were recently issued from the office of District Attorney of Philadel- phia, for the arrests of sugar refiners, believed guilty jobbers and retailers, ol profiteering. vard, an office building, and twenty | Several after one day's illness, in complete | Another one of the many bills before provides for a remuneration of one dollar for each day of service. | ———— | George M. Ryan, night watchman at {the Pennsylvania Institute for Instruc-| | tion of the blind, recently disappeared {with $1400 of the institution's money. He left a polite *“‘card of thanks. | The irate father of fifteen-year-old | | Kathryn Stock, of Philadelphia, re- | cently enlisted the aid of the police in | putting a stop to her elopement witn Edward Burns, 20. saloon of Patrick Lynaugh, of Philadel- bar, escaping in a motor truck. | — | Miss Jessie A. Peoples, of Wilming- | . . | ton, won the prize at the tri-state type-| | writing contest for beginners at the | i National Business Show at Philadel- phia, with a speed of sixty-three words per minute. The “Overall Legion” is growing in | { popularity in Philadelphia and spreail- | ing to other eastern cities, Bottlers are Warned by the Federal inspectors have been in- siructed to watch shipments of gin- ger ale coming within the jurisdiction of the Federal Food and Drugs Act to see that the bottles are labeled in accordance with the provisions of the law ‘as outlined in Food Inspection Decision 177, according to a state- ment of the officials of the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, who are charged with the enforcement of the law. That de- cision provides that if capsicum, which is the extract of red pepper, is pres- ent in ginger ale it must be declared vpon the label. An interstate ship- n.ents of ginger ale found on or after May 16th which are not properly jabeled in this particular will be seized say the officials, and shipments from foreign countries will be denied entry into the United States unless correctly labeled. The statement in n full follows: a “fn the enforcement of Federal . Pl I'ood and Drugs Act, the Department Ginger Ale Containing Capsicum Not Shown On Label to be Seized By Officials Department of Agriculture; Law Has Been Ignored | ment where such a short delay is not | seriously detrimental to the public in- terest. Food Inspection Decision 177 en titled “Soda Water Flavors and Soda, Soda Water,” in conformity with this pclicy, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture August 20, 1918. It was published again in Circular 136 entitled “Stan- dards of Purity for Food Products.” This states in effect, that the pres- ence of capsicum, the extract of red pepper, in ginger ale must be declared on the label. It appears from an investigation of numerous ginger ales on the market that while this regula tion is being generally complied with, yet there are some bottlers of ginger ale whose products come within the jurisdiction of th e Federal Food and Drug Acts of 1906, who apparently are not familiar with the provision of this regulation. Therefore, bottlers who are not complying with Food Inspec- tion Decision 177 are warned that ship- of Agriculture has always advised the trade as fully as possible by food in- spection decisions, Service and Regu- latory Announcements, press notices, ete, when an interpretation. of the law involved a change of labels, foi- | mulas, or standards for products. The trade is given time for adjust- ments made on or after March 16, 1920, of ginger ale which is not prop- erly labeled will be ‘actively proceeded against under section 10 of the Fede- ra! Foods and Drugs Act, if interstate shipment is made, or under section 11 in the case of foreign goods offered for entry into this country. Forty-five States Now Recognition of the intradermic n.ethod of applying the first test pre- paratory to accrediting a herd as free from tuberculosis, has just been an- rounced by the Bureau of Animal In- dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. The more general use oi the intradermic tests is expected to “speed up” the Federal and State co- operative campaign against TB. In the subcutaneous method heretofore generally used, the tuberculin ss in- gserted beneath the skin and it is necessary to take three preliminary temperature records of the animal and at least seven soon after the test. In the interdemmic method insertion is made between the layers of skin, and, while the method requires a greater Engaged In Intradermic Method of Tubercular Test Arizona, Colorado, and California Are Only States That Are Not Cooperating cne later inspection of the animal may be sufficient to indicate the pres- ence of the disease. The Federal recognition of the in- tradermic method provides, however, that herds undergoing it successfully must pass a subcutaneous test within a year before they can be accredited as free from tuberculosis. The intra- dermic test has been recognized also by about three-fourths of the 45 States now co-operating with the Federal Government in the TB work. Texas recently became the 45th State engaged in the co-operative campaign. The three States not yet engaged in it are Arizona, Colorado and California. Arizona and Colorado are expected to receive authority to enter the work at the next session of degree of skill in the operator, only their legislatures. phia, last week and stole $18 from the | Proper Care Will Ty Add Much to Liie Careful poise of the body in walk- ing prolongs the life of shoes. A coreless, slipshod gait wears shoes Fire started in a lumber yard in congress relative to soldier bonuses, | unevenly, while an erect carriage tends to keep the soles and heels level. Shoes, even more than most other articles of clothing, need to be aired {after wearing in order to prevent the | perspiration from rotting the lining ic is a good plan to keep them on shoe-trees or stuffed with tissue paper because in this way the wrinkles are forced out and the original shape is preserved. Wetting tends to spoil the appearance of shoes and to shorten { their overshoes period of service; therefore worn in bad If shoes do get wet, they should be very slowly should be weather to protect the shoes. Four former soldiers entered the [and carefully dried, for heat tends to |, crack the leather. It is especially im- portant to restore the shape of wel shoes by shoe-trees or paper stuffing. I'ven with the most careful dryingz, | moisture tends to rot the threads with {which a shoe is sewn, and “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” | | arctics with rubber soles and water- For walking in snow or deep mud, picof cloth tops afford excellent pro {tection as do also rubber boots { When only a little protection is neede.l the slip-on or sandal, is comfortable | Vena : Psi 3 rn ie] land economical, for it covers the sole {of the shoe but leaves the heel free. | so expensive that they should be treated as carefully as the shoes they | protect. They should be kept away | from great heat, and set “right side {up with care” to prevent their losing shape. They should also be washed or brushed so that the grit on them may not wear down the surface. It is economy to keep two pairs of shoes in use and wear them on alter- nate days; the thorough airing on shioe-trees or stuffed with paper keeps them fresher and more shapely so that each pair gives longer service. Al shoes should be kept clean and well brashed. Leather shoes may be rub- hed with vaseline to ke<ep them soft, and also to keep moisture from pass- ing so quicly through the leather. Only good polishes should be used In using paste polishes, a brush is preferable to a cloth, as it will force the paste into all crevices. The shoes should stand a few minutes after the paste 1s applied; then they should be brushed with a flat stiff brush and end polished with a cloth or buffer, 4 brush made of layers of cloth having a napped surface. A glove made of sheepskin with the wool on, such as is used for rubbing furniture, is also very good for polishing shoes. White canvas are usually cleaned with one of the commercial preparations for this purpose. I water is used, no more than necessary should be applied on the shoes ani they must be cleaned on shoe-trees or stuffed with paper to prevent the canvas from shrinking. If they are tadly soiled, they may be washed with a soap that containg whiting, ‘dried, and if necessary treated with a com- mercial cleaner. All traces of the cleaner should be carefully wiped from the edges of a colored sole; otherwise shoes ithe shoe will have a slovenly appear- ¢ 8 buckskin | BY opossum-like creatures in the |ckilled milk and roll out into a thin ance. White suede and gshces are cleaned in much the same general way, but with special clean- ers made for the purpose. When conservation of space is not necessary, a small chest for holding shoes may be added to the furnishings of the bedroom; or shoe bags hung on the inside of the closet door are good. Pairs of bags in different colors are very useful for packing shoes when traveling; they keep the shoes from being scratched, prevent them from «oiling ofher articles, and make if rossible to sort out a particular pair quickly. Shoe repairing has become such an art that shoes must be of very poor leather indeed if they will not stand repairs. Run-down heels spoil the shape of shoes and should be leveled at once. If the shoes are of good leather, well shaped, and well made, it is worth while to have full soles hand sewed on them and new heels DEMPSEY VS. CARPENTIER Jack Dempsey, world’s heavyweigh* mpion laughed when he was told George Carpentier said that he cted to beat the champion in six is. Carpentier is as good a fighter is a kidder, then he can step said Dempsey. “I feel sure Fill beat Carpentier, but I have predicted as to how long it ke. I can’t believe Carpentier to stop me in six rounds. If | he does expect to, then he is due to be disappointed. I have no thought of being beaten in any certain number of I hope they pull the fight at the earliest possible moment.” Carpentier has since said that he iG not say he could or would whip { rounds. Dempsey in six rounds. ay was that a fight between two fast ecrappers, both of whom were rushers { ike himself and Dempsey, would | hardly last more than six rounds. Leak Forests ests of India supply the ple timbers of the world. ty of teak is remarkable, ak in some of the tem- having served their pur- than 1000 years. The stly under government pld a considerable rev: for shipbuilding and t and in .the manu- ure. It resembles coarse mahogany, is easily worked and is not liable to the attacks of in- sects. When properly seasoned 1t reither cracks, shrinks nor alters its shape. The trees seldom attain a height greater than 150 feet. A spinster says that dying an old maid is easier than living one. He who preaches economy to his wife by the yard is apt to practice by the inch. Hard times—in the Stone Age. What he did | put on when the first set wears through. Shoes thus mended will out- wear those repaired with ordinary half soles, and also have a much bet iter appearance. Brass rather than liron nails in the heels make less noise lin walking. Rubber heels prevent jar- | ring in walking and for this reason | are very comfortable; for some per- [sons they seem to wear longer than leather heels. i | Shape of Shells | . “Modern long range shells are cigar- {shaped . They taper both at the front | and at the rear. This tapering of the rear end is called ‘boat-tailing.’” You have poticed that racing automobiles A square- {have torpedo-shaped sterns. tailed shell or automobile is actually eld back at high speed because of {ihe vacuum created behind it by the | velocity of its movem@ht. Tapering the tail leads the air gently and easily into the hole that the shell or the | racing car bores in the atmosphere and thus lessens vacuum's impeding grip on the flying object.” | i ————— Muggins—“Her husband is a man with a strong will.” All types of rubber overshoes are now | BOOKS WRITTEN IN PRISON Canned Tomato Good for Infants Some of the greatest books in all literature were written in the soli- tude of the prison cell, says the Sing Sing Bulletin, Vincent Blasco Ibanez cne of the foremost writers of fiction today, began his literary career while serving a 14-year prison sentence in a2 Spanish penitentiary for his political activities in an attempt to free Cuba. Hig illustrious countryman, Cervantes, v.ho wrote the greatest Spanish novel, Quixote,” was a prisoner in Madrid jail when writing that master “Ion piece. John Bunyan was confined in Bed- fora jail for 12 years, his “Pilgrim's Progress” having been written while His “Grace Abounding” and “Holy War” were also 1¢ was a prisoner there. written in prison. Dante wrote most of his wonderful poems while in pen ury and exile, after he had been con- demned to be burned at the stake. Kaleigh wrote his “History. of the Wcerld” during his 13 years’ imprisoii ment in London Tower. “Robinson Caruso,” a book read in every country in the world, was writ- {ten in jail by Defoe. Thomas Cooper | . . . o 3 oy we confined in Stafford jail when [hie gave to literature his “Purgatory Oscar Wilde's “De Pro- lof Suicide.” | rundis” is perhaps the most sorrow- | ful story that was ever penned within pricon walls. Others who wrote within dungeons [ were Campanella, who was 27 years lin a cell where no ray of sunligh penetrated; Lovelace, Boetus, Grotius and a great many other writers of | note. Sixty Million Years The skeleton of a prehistoric deino- don, calculated to be 60,000,000 years old, has been installed in Dinosaur Hall at the American Museum of Na- tural History, in New York. The de- inodon which is also known as “tei- rible tooth,” is described as perhaps the most swift and powerful creature of its time. The skeleton stands 11 feet inches high and measures 20 feet from the nose to the tip of its tail. It is times as much as the largest lion of tcday. Dr. W. D. Matthews, curator of the museum’s department of .ver- tebrate paleontology, says the deino- don was extinct before the earliest caveman. The deinodon lived during the cretaceous period of the age of 1eptiles, according to calculations hased on the alteration of radio-active minerals. The skeleton of the deinodon was found three years ago by Charles H. Sternberg in the canon of the Red I’eer River, in Alberta, the richest re- pository of dinosaur skeletons yet discovered. The geography and cli- mate of that region was far different 60,000,000 years ago, perhaps war and marshy as the broad interior sez, cnce stretching from the Gulf of Mex- ico to the Arctic Ocean was gradually receding and filling up with swamps ard tropical growth. Reptiles roamed the earth in those day, and save for trees, there was none of the higher gradrupeds of mammals. It has been suggested that the tiny tree-dwellers Lelped bring about the extinction of gigantic reptiles by sucking the eggs deposited in the swamps. Tobacco Exports The exported fraction of the to- Lacco crop has been a diminishing c¢ne. For 1790 the fraction was 78 per cent; for 1845-54, 67 per cent; for 1875-1884, 54 per cent, from which the decline was steady to 41 per cent in 1905-1914, The percentage was 43 for 1915, 38 for 1916, 26 for 1917, and 47.€ for 1918, no allowance being made for the carry over. As a fraction of this country’s crop, the imports of to- baccon never exceeded 5 per ceat un til 1906, when they were 5.4 per cent, and never exceeded 6 per cent, except in 1915, when they were barely more, 1916 when they were 6.6 per cent, and 1917 whe n they were 6.1 per cent The percentages are shown by the records of the Bureau of Crop Esti- mates, United States Department of Agriculture. Danish Potatoes Were Rejected About 2000 sacks of potatoes from Denmark have been refused entry a New York after rejection by the Department of Agriculture. Nearl; 7 percent of the rejected stock was infected with scab and rot. This cargo, which arrived March 4th, in- cluded some potatoes of fairly good grade which sold wholesale at $4.55 per 100 pounds, or considerably be- low best native stock, and most of the imported potatoes not rejected sold still lower. The portion of the cargo which was refused may be shipped to Cuba. The Optimist—“Every cloud has a silver lining, my boy.” The Pessimist— Yes, but it looks like thunder.” ‘ > So Says Dostor Hess; Blake Against Rigid Casts for Fractures If you want your month-old baby to be entirely free from the taint of scurvy, feed canned tomatoes to the infant. And if you want the child to grow up to be a normal, healthy man or woman, don’t interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland. These are only two of the interest- ing conclusions to be drawn from the discussions of prominent physicians recently at the second session of the 114th annual convention of the Medi- cal Society of the State of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria and the Hotel McAlpin. Dr. A. F. Hess said canned tomatoes are ideal food, are serviceable and “well born” an@® could be given in quantities to month-old babies without harm. one-ounce The revelations concerning the im- portance of the thyroid and other glands were contained in the papel on “The Relationship of the Externa Appearance of the Body to Disease,” read by Dr. George Draper of the Rockefeller Institute. According 3 Dr. Draper, a physi- cian familiar with the action of the glands has only to look into the faces of persons in his audience to tell what diseases they have had, ought to have had or probably will have. He referred in illustration, to the fiict that people of dark complexion or with pronounced freckles or moles had proved most susceptible to in- fluenza and that pure-blooded races Lave -always been the greatest suf ferers from epidemics. Dr. Joseph A. Blake, whose work in the American hospitals in France won him international fame, spoke before the surgical section on “The £ pplication of Methods Developed During the War to the Treatment of Fractures in Civil Life.” He branded as obsolete the “fixation” of lim» fractures by encasing the members in a plaster cast and keeping it motion less. He advocated, instead, suspend- ing the broken limb in a wire splint, a treatment used with great success in France. TESTED RECIPES Mint and Grapefruit Sherbert Boil one pint of water with one and a half-cupfuls of sugar rapidly for ten minutes. Add four or five sprigs of fresh mint, crush in the hot syrup and stir in half a teaspoonful of gelatine softened in two table spoonfuls of cold water. Let stand until the gelatin in dissolved and strain. Add one and a half cupfuls of grape or lgganberry juice and freeze. When the sherbert begins to congea: stir in the stiffly whipped : white ot! one egg. Baked Lemon Dumplings Into a pint of sifted flour mix three generous teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a scant half teaspoonful of salt, and with the finger tips rub in twe tablespoonfuls of any preferred shortening. Wet to a paste with sheet. Cut in rounds and place in the center of each two tablespoonfuls of the following mixture: Remove th- edible pulp from one large lemon and add the grated yellow rind, the juice, three tablespoonfuls of chopped seeded raicins, one tablespoonful of melted tutter, half a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon and grated nutmeg and half a cupful of sugar. Mold the paste around the filling in dumpling form, set them in a well greased pan, sprinkle with sugar and bake in a very hct oven until crisp and brown. Serve with a liquid sauce. Orange Souffle Beat the yolks of three eggs until lemon colored and very thick. Ada three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, the rind (grated) of half an orange, half a cupful of grated cake crumbs that have been soaked in the strained juice of one orange, half 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and fold in the stiffly whipped egg whites and one and a half tablespoonful of cur rants . Pour into a buttered souffle dish and bake for 25 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with sweetened whipped cream. ¢ rrr eee MI-RITA SUPERFLUOUS HAIR REMOVER The only treatment that will remove permanently all Su- perfluous Hair from the face or any part of the body without leaving a mark on the most delicate skin, Removes en- Eda tire hair roots and destroys the hair duct. No electric needle, burning caustics or pow- ders used. One application of Mi-Rita will quickly and completely remove all undesirable hair, leaving the skin soft and smooth, Every woman who is troubled with super- fluous hair should know that Mi-Rita will permanently destroy the most stubborn growth of hair, and this treatment can be used successfullyZat home. Send for Free Beauty: Book listing our exclusive preparations for beautifying the skin and hair DR. MARGARET RUPPERT Dept. 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