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. ¢
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One application of Mi-Rita will quickly
and completely remove all undesirable hair,
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Every woman who is troubled with super-
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permanently destroy the most stubborn
growth of hair, and this treatment can be
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Established 22 yecrs
A New Grapefruit Salad
Shred finely two small green pep- |
A Treasure
pers (discard the seeds) and add a!
{ ——
tenspaontu) of minced pimentos, the | Manager—Why do you keep that of-
sections from ome large grapefruit |
(cut in halves and with the skin re- | fice boy?
moeved,) one cupful of finely diced Youth I ever saw.
celery and a teaspoonful of chopped Assistant Manager—That's just it.
nut meats, Moisten with Frencn He forgets every popular song he
dressing and serve in lettuce cups. hears and can't whistle it.
He's the most forgetful
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