THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. JULY 30, 1916.
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B-r-(Joseph WaccsueeN'.
Tlie Columbia, America Great Highway, by
Hamuel Christopher Lancaster. Iiiustrated.
$2.50 In embossed leather, $5. Second
edition. S. C. Lancaster, Foreland, Or.
It is a great pleasure to know that
not only has the first edition of this
beautiful book been disposed of, but
that so steady is the demand for more
copies that the author bas been forced
to issue a second edition. Here it is:
This second edition belongs also to
the "book beautiful." This friendly
hint greets us on the title page: "With
28 color plates and other Illustrations,
II of them by the new process of color
photography, first photographed on
glass direct from nature and afterward
reproduced by the four-color process."
That sets the mind at work, and pleas
tint anticipation turns swiftly to real
ization. The great pictures, with their
many tints, make one long, never-to-be-forgotten
picture gallery.
This second- edition has 144 pages.
The talk "Addenda" has an expression
of almost affectionate regard for "the
road," and our author observes: "Tha
rapidity with which this highway was
constructed, when the proper time had
arrived, has astonished everyone, and
has challenged the admiration of all
who have any knowledge of the time
TiBually required for such execution. In
less than two years from the date of
starting the first surveys to fix the
location of the highway the entire road
could be traveled for almost 200 miles.
The citizens of Portland and the peopl
of the counties bordering on the Co
lumbia River determined to construct
the greatest highway ever built to meet
the conditions of modern traffic. For
it must be remembered that the new
means of conveyance high-power au
tomobiles and auto trucks have revo
lutionized methods of road construc
tion throughout the world in the last
ten years. When all plans had been
fully completed and practically all the
work of construction had been finished
the author's official connection with it
was severed, but his affection and in
terest in the work will last throughout
the remaining years of his :ife."
In this new and improved edition
there are about one dozen pages of new
reading matter and 30 new half-tone
pictures of paramount interest and no
table beauty of view. Among these
pictures that are now In this second
edition are: A long tree, a frontispiece:
Multnomah Falls; Mount Hood from the
top of Larch Mountain; LatoUrell Falls:
Bridal Veil Falls; Coopey Falls; Mist
Falls; Wahkeena Falls; the Falls of
Oneonta; Horsetail Falls; the Falls of
McCord Creek; the Divide in the Cas
cade Range; a new view, looking up
ward at Crown Point; looking down at
Crown Point; the highway; near Crown
Point; looking out of Shepperd's
Dell; looking east from Shepperd's
Dell; Falls of Multnomah: reinforced
concrete viaduct; highway near Oneon
ta; Saint Peter's Dome; highway in the
heart of the Cascade Range; Eagle
Creek; highway at Eagle Creek; fin
ished roadway near Crown Point; view
point on the highway; road at Crown
Point; looking west from Mitchell
Point: three-hinged concrete bridge.
Moffett Creek: eastward through the
gorge from Crown Point; the tunnel of
many vistas. Mitchell's Point; "God's
liood-nlght Kiss When the Day Is
Done." a view of this city at dusk with
the electric lights showing.
Interesting new literary articles are
those on "Paving the Highway." "Pre
paredness" and "National Dedication
of the Highway."
The pictures in color are done with
exquisite taste, with near-rainbow
glory.
The book is a suitable present as a
gift to send to friends anywhere in
the world, and it will adorn any home.
This second edition of a message of
love is as a beam of shining light to
point out the path to the great Oregon
road.
nr.- Tnncnaier is the engineer in
charge of the highway. He writes of
the. engineering work with sincerity
and true appreciation of the beautiful
In nature. Verily, the Columbia High
way is the Lancaster monument.
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12Xampie is trie scnool oilman-
kind, and they will learn
at no other."
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service men. Halkett and Gray, are sent
from America to Europe to seek the
Germans who are supposed to have the
missing formula. Plot and counter
plot begin with the arrival of Halkett
and Gray in France. Around the
Cafe of Wildresae the plot thickens,
the principal figure being Miss Philip
pa, the pretty cashier of the said cafe.
Halkett works alone against enemies
who seek his life and he is aided by a
new friend. Jim Warner, an American
artist -who painta military picture.
Sister Ella, a sister of Saint Vincent
de Paul, teaches In a children's school
near by.
The European war breaks out. Inci
dents occur showing that Phllippa Is
not the child of Wlldrease. aa had been
supposed. She is as pretty and grace
ful as he Is brutal. He and she are
both spies for the French government.
Halkett and his friend seize two men
enemies who have stolen papers relat
ing to the secret of the Harkness shell.
The two British officers separate, for
safety. Halkett is chased and Is In
so much, peril that he asks help from
Warner, & stranger. Warner gets the
all-important papers and places the
latter in a picture.
The advance of the German army is
pictured, but there are no recitals of
barbarities. The few French officers
Introduced are dashing, romantic fel
lows. Gray is shot by spies as he
motors to see Halkett and 'is nursed
by Sister Eila. who. by the way, is by
far the best drawn character in the
novel. She la like a lovely flower.
with a sweet influence all her own.
Madam de Moidrey, a French aristo
crat, but of American birth, is skill
fully described.
Halkett gets into quite a surprising
number of fights, in which bullets whiz
near, him, and It is a wonder how he
escapes. He must wear near bullet-proof
clothes. Maybe this explains part of
the mystery.
Warner and Phllippa fall in love and
Fhilippa turns out to be not the found
ling she expected to find herself de
clared to be. but a Bulgarian aristo
crat.
Asticot, a Paris apache or thief, and
Ariadne, a cat. are two favorite char
acters in the comedy line.
Halkett and Sister Ella love each
other, but they never give as much as
a hint of it to anyone. Here is where
Mr. Chambers shows unexpected deli
cacy of literary treatment. Sister Eila,
as a character's one of the very best
Mr. Chambers genius has so far ere
ated.
Author of "Z7?c? Coztma, 4m&r'c-c3-&
Hunting the Tinso, by Burr S. Stottle.
Burton Publishing Company, Kansas City,
Mo.
A novel with a true, vacation spirit,
and love of the open. Some of the
scenes are located in this city at the
time of the annual Rose Festival.
To "protect" a young girl who, for
the first time in her life, hears about
the tango, her old-fashioned relatives
tell her. by way of a joke, that the
tango is a land animal that can be
hunted. The pilgrims engage in an ex
tended trip to hunt this tango, and
the young girl is shown a shining
shell which, she is told, is the desired
tango. Afterward the innocent decep
tion is explained to her.
Our author has seen, surely, an ob
jectionable form of the tango danced.
As taught in the dancing schools o
this city, the tango is a graceful, re
fined dance.
lar of American pageants, as well as
the largest and most artistic, was that
given at St. Louis. Mo., May. 1914, by
Henry Wood tSevens, with masque by
Percy MacKaye. It is pointed out that
in the pursuit of facts from which to
build up the pageant, the services ami
advice of the public librarian are worth
much. One must not "neglect, also, the
private diaries and correspondence of
the older families."
The chapter heads are: The principles
of pageantry and community drama.
Types of community drama and pa
geantry. Writing the pageant book.
Production. Acting. Grouping. Color.
Costume and setting, The Dance, Music.
Organization. The bibliographies to
the various chapters are: Drama and
pageant origins. Recent books on pa
geantry, General articles from Periodi
cal on pageantry. Open-air theaters.
English masques. Dramatis technique.
Historical, criticism and technique.
Classic: England, France. Germany, a
selected list of dramatic criticism (from
1850). modern French, modern Ger
man, production and scenic art, articles
from periodicals on production and
scenic art, Elizabethan platform stag
ing, acting, pantomime, costume, color.
the dance, selected bibliography of
dramatic, folk, and festival music, pas
toral drama, pageant texts.
The Oirl Fhilippa. by Robert W. Chambers.
Illustrated. $1.40. D. Appleton tt Co., New
York City. N. Y.
Just when his many thousands of
readers were wondering when Mr.
Chambers would issue a novel depict
ing the present war in France, "The
Girl Phllippa" comes, the very novel
desired.
"The Girl Phllippa" has international
intrigue, plenty of shooting, love of the
frenzied sort and that saving quality,
humor. It is a welcome contribution
to Summer reading 'and entertainment.
The novel begins with the murder of
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir
to the Austrian throne. June 28. 1914.
The American and British governments
arrive at an understanding: America
gives to Britain the secret of the Hark
ness shell; Britain gives to "America
the secret of the new "flying fish" sub
marine seaplane, and Britain pledges
its good offices to placate Japan. Sud
denly the plans of this secret Harkness
shell are stolen and two British secret
The Home Tare of Sick Children, by Fmelrn
Lincoln Collodse. M. u. $1. t. Appleton
& Co., New York. City. N. T..
Safe and sane advice for the home,
while hoping that sickness will be kep
away, always. It is not every family
that can afford a trained nurse when
trouble arrives and often the mother
feels at sea when endeavoring to carry
out the orders of the attending physi
clan. This little book will help her to
carry out intelligently her physician
orders. Numerous recipes to tempt
the appetite of the sick child are
given, as well as advice on foods suited
best for different diseases in childhood.
282 pages.
Democracy or Despotism, by Walter Thomas
Mills. $f.25. International School of
Social Economy. Berkeley, Cal.
An intelligent and well-reasone
book describing in informing, but
radical fashion the points at Issue.
One special point elucidated is that de
liberate rule by those who are them
selves involved in any matter of col
lective concern. "Is the only possibi
pathway to justice. anuV- hence to
peace." The dream of the author Is
democratic federation of the world.
Community Prima and Pageantry, by Mary
Porter Becgle and Jack Randall Craw
ford 52 SO. Illustrated. Yale University
l'ress. New Haven. Conn.
Miss Beegle was organizing chairman
f ih. New York Shakespeare cele
bration, and Mr. Crawford gave a series
of elaborate pageants at Dartmouth
The book is a rare one. seldom met
with, and the advice and instruction
contained within its covers are asked
tor often. Its counsel has the ring of
experience, and the knowledge shown
Of the subject is profound.
The outlines of the book, 370 pages,
are based upon the courses which our
authors, jointly and separately, have
flven for the laet three sessions at the
Summer school of Dartmouth College,
courses which have been supplemented
by considerable practical work in
staging performances at Hanover, N.
11.. and elsewhere. "The authors there
fore hope that the statement of some
of their problems and tne aiinouines
which are vet to be solved will lieip
others intere.sted in the subject of
community drama, to arrive nearer
their goal."
Gordon Craig haa said that "when
drama went indoors it died.". That"
statement is worth remembering, as the
greater half of this book Is concerned
with the problem of open-air plays. It
Is recalled that the two great periods
of the .drama were the Greek and the
Elizabethan, and that both dramas be
longed to the open air. "No one who
reads Shakespeare will believe that his
greatness as a dramatist was due to
the fact that he was writing for an
open-air stage. The Elizabethan plat
form stage was a semi-outdoor stage
chiefly because of the accident of its
evolution from an inn-yard. Neverthe
less it had a completely roofed-in back,
stag and balcony, and even a large
portion of the fore-stage was roofed
over. More important, however, than
these accidental details ifi the indis
putable fact that Shakespeare and the
other Elizabethan playwrights could
imagine their stage at will to be tne
Interior of a house or a blasted heath.
Jn the Greek drama the scene was def
initely the open air. In no one of the
Oreek tragedies were interiors called
fur. Shakespeare could set his stage
snvwhere from the eeacoast of Bo
hemia to the banqueting hall of Mac
- beth's castle. The difference is im
portant for the following reason: A
theater is not really an open-air the
ater, whatever the accident of its archi
tecture may be, if the dramatists who
write for it do not consciously recog
nize it to be an open-air theater. Thus
In the Greek theater its outdoor char
acter assisted in the creation of the
tframatkits' illusion. On the Elixa
bethan stage the afternoon sunshine
Tuust often have been a positive hin
drance. At any rate, the dramatists
lscnored it when writing their plays."
It is well to remember that the story
of a pageant "is generally the life of
a community told in a series of chrono
logically arranged episodes. Each
ej.inode is complete in itself, and hence
the.e differ from the acts of a play,
which are in a casually connected se
quence. The unity of a pageant Is like
the unity of a narrative it is the pur
pose and total Impression which give,
It its unity. Again, the telling of the
story is done chiefly through an appeal
to the eye. rather than to the ear. The
spectacle is of vastly more Importance
than the dialogue "
It thought that the most spectacu-
UNAPPRECIATIVE WIFE IN LUXURY
JS DEVOTED IN REDUCED STATION
Baby "Picked From Blackberry Bush" Is Factor in Transferring Rule of Home From Conquered Woman to Hus
band Once Roused From Meekness.
GREAT SCIENTIST'S WORK
IS RECALLED BY DEATH
Professor Elie Mctchnikoff Discovered Action of Colon Bacillus, Studied
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BY MARY INEZ MARTIN.
A LTHOUGH it is usually the darker
L side of life the trained
sees in her "little Journeys" into
homes, there is sometimes a touch of
what the great bard calls the "serlo-tragic-comedy,"
which is the saving
grace of the profession.
As I have said before, there is al
ways a good spot in the human heart
somewhere, but once I thought I had
struck bottom and found a little vam
pire with not one spark of heart or
honesty. I found I was wrong, how
ever and this is the way I found it:
In the first place, it is hard to be
lieve what a little devil Fanny X was.
even after I had seen her in action.
She was a pleasant-mannered, pretty
young woman and seemed to have
plenty of friends, but the slightest
scratch below the surface struck the
tartar.
Husband Arnaya) l'nxzled.
The way I happened to find out was
in answer to a sudden call when .she
was dying. Her great big. good-natured
husband had never fathomed her.
long as he had known her. It was
this very patience and generosity that
had. spoiled her in the beginning. I
have heard recently that she was a
poor girl In Montana and her father
was an undertaker in a little country
town. Since then I always smile when
I remember how particular she always
was to have flowers on the table and
ice on the butter that was a luxury
to which she had been used.
Well, when I reached that fine, hand
some house of Mr. X's to soothe the
dying wife. I found a pretty state of
affairs. She did not know he bad sent
for me or it would never have hap
pened. The room was darkened and
there was a strong odor or camphor,
and when she heard my step she be
gan to groan good, husky groans they
were. too. for a dying woman.
When she opened her eyes and saw
me she was so surprised she stopped
her groans; they were Intended for
her poor husband only. So, when he
came, over to the bed she glared at
him, thinking he had found her out
and called her turn, but the big fel
low stood there with tears on his cheeks
while I took her pulse and tempera
ture.
Of course. I saw in a minute there
was absolutely nothing the matter with
her. She had worked herself up to a
temperature by a. fit of rage and tem
per, but years of training made dis
cretion second nature or a nurse. i
said nothing, so she took it for granted
that she had fooled me, too. Then
she settled down and slowly allowed
herself to be restored to life.
Husband's Weakness Fonnd.
After this first experience I was
regular attendant on all her death-bed
scenes. I used to look at her husband
and wonder how I could open the eyes
of this good, kind.-honest soul. Fanny
1 found, had once had an illness and
had really come near dying, and when
she saw how tender and indulgent her
big-hearted John was as she began to
nurse!get well, all It meant to the little in-
giuit waa iiiai una wiu a guuu vt o.jr
to "work" him, and since that time she
had kept the thumb screws on.
When the fire came that burned Mr.
X's mill and put him in such desperate
straits financially. I just hoped with
all my heart that this little cat would
be human enough to forget herself a
while and consider him. But not she!
I had never imagined anything so petty
and selfish as her attitude was at that
time. Of course, she saw nothing but
her own side of it all what she might
have to be deprived of, what the neigh
bors were saying, how her friends
would cut her.
Gradually she settled down to a reg
ular system of nagging and raillery at
what she called his bad management
and the poverty and disgrace he had
brought on her, which usually ended
by her running shrieking through the
house, shutting herself in her room
and turning on the gas. saying that at
last his treatment hatl been the death
of her.
My admiration for Mr. X began to
change to contempt as I saw htm sit
ting in silence under her torrents of
abuse. I used to look at htm and pity
him for his craven spirit, but I did
not know the man. that was all. In
his big silent way he was giving her
her last chance and deciding on his
course of action, and when he had
decided he told her.
Man's Threat to Leave Wins.
I don't think I ever felt so good!
through and through as when, after
one of her spit-fire tirades, he told her
he had had just all of this sort of
thing be was going to stand. He had
little property left from the wreck
of his fortune, which would keep her
In modest comfort and that he was
going to leave her for ever and start
for Denver that night.
Fanny knew that the one sore and
tender spot in her husband's heart was
his longingefor a child, a possibility she
had always scouted because such a
thing as that might spoil her figure
and make her hair come out. Now this
little brazen image looked her husband
in the eyes and calmly told him that if
he deserted her now he would be de
serting his child. This was John's
turn to faint, and he nearly did it, but
in the honesty of his own soul could
not accuse this woman of lying about
such a sacred subject, and again the
thumb-screws went on.
I was called away a short time after
that and went up to Canada on a rest
rcure case. I could not bring myself to
stay and be a party to the cnmina
deception of John. But when I returned
my curiosity took me back to Fanny.
I found her in a little flat, a lower flat
with a side porch and around the
corner I heard somebody singing "Ba
Ba Black Sheep.- And there I saw
Fanny, fat and dowdy, with a great
husky baby. Goodness only knows whs
ther she got him from an orphan's
home or a foundling asylum. I did not
ask, but there she sat with freckles on
her nose from sitting In the sun with
the baby and her hair stringing over
her eyes from his pulling at It.
"Oh, Miss Mary." she called, "Corns
and see baby." Just like any normal
mother with her first child. And as
I watched this undertaker's daughter
waddle across the porch as she went
to bring that husky boy. the wonder
grew. I tried to ask her about her
husband and soma mutual friends we
had. but all she could talk about was
this wonderful baby. He had four
teeth and was going to be put in
short clothes, and so on and on and on.
When I arose to go she Insisted on
showing me his nursery with its sleep
ing porch. This tour of inspection took
us through the length of the flat, but
there were no apologies nor complaints
about their reduced circumstances.
With great pride she showed me a
cooling cupboard she had contrived
herself where she could keep Sonny's
milk cool the hottest days and from
the way she went into details I gath
ered the fact that she had no cook.
When she asked me to stay and dine
with them I accepted gladly, for 1
wanted to get to the end of this latest
chapter In the history of the X family.
I sat on the verandah and played
with the baby, while Fanny excused
herself and went into the house to
make preparations. The baby was as
fine and healthy a specimen of baby
hood as one would ever see whether
his father had been a blacksmith or
prize-fighter I could not determine but
the child undoubtedly came of sturdy
stock. As I beard the rattling of pans
nti the clatter of silver I felt im
pede to offer my assistance. Dot was
too busy recalling the scenes I had wit
nessed in ths handsome house on the
other side of town to disturb myself.
Finally Fanny, more blowsy than
ever, came out to sit on the verandah
and wait for John. The baby was asleep
but she had to pick him up and hold
him in her arms before she could sit
down to rest. In subdued voices we
discussed the making of corn-meal
muffins and the relative values of pat
ented infants' foods, and as we talked
I had to assure myself over and over
again that this dowdy, blowsy, common-place
little housewife was the
once carefully groomed and exquisite
Fanny X.
But all this was merely paving the
way for what was to follow. Mr. X had
reached the porch before I heard him
coming. He looked spruce and well
dressed as usual, and began at once
to tell about the friends I had tried
to get Fanny to tell about. "There was
a notice in the paper this morning
about their suit," he said. Then cooly
turned to his wife and said. "I wish you
would find me this morning's papers.1
And Fanny meekly laid down the baby
and waddled Into the house to do her
lord and master's bidding.
I looked him squarely In the eye. and
he returned my glance frankly, then
we both turned to the solution the
BY DR. LEO RICEN. ,
T WAS sad news that came July lo
that Professor Kile Metchnikoff
- had died In Paris.
The public- In this part of the world
should think over some of the things
this master mind haa done for mankind.
I had the good fortune to be under Pro
fessor Metchnikoffs guidance and in
his company for nearly a year and the
days spent with him will always re
main in my memory as the happiest i
ever spent.
A half hour's conversation with him
would reveal to you a wealth of knowl
edge and breadth and depth of view
that would make you fairly gasp. 1
remember one afternoon when we
spoke about the characteristics of
American life and American science (a
favorite theme with Professor Metch
nikoff. by the way), he asked me what
they thought of Professor Jacque
Loeb in America, and whether I knew
him. I did not know Jacque Loeb per
sonally, but I spoke ft sou t the wonder
ful and revolutionizing experiments of
hi in the domain of biology. Metch
nikoff listened to me patiently and
when I finished he made such a com
prehensive statement about all of Pro
fessor Loeb's works. pointlrWr in the
same time to a shelf filled with vol
umes written by Loeb. that I felt like
a 10-year-old schoolboy. And to think
that out of mere politeness he let me
talk for nearly 20 minute, until I
completely unloaded myself of my
knowledge of Jacque Loeb's works.
Faculty of Cells Discovered.
The first discovery to Metchnikoffs
credit is his "phagocytosis," a faculty
possessed by certain cells of the body
to engulf and destroy germs, as wei.
as foreign particles in general. By
means of this "phagocytosis" nature
protects the body from all sorts of In
fection and It us easy to see now iar
renchinir such a discovery would be.
Wright and Douglas, of London, stimu
lated bv Metchnikoff s work, made in
vestigations along the same lines and
found that there exist In the blood cer
tain substances (opaonla) wnicn enaow
the cells wtih such germ-destroying
powers.
Next I should mention Metchnikofrs
splendid treatise on Immunity against
infection, a treatise translated Into
five languages and considered to be a
monumental work in the realm or microbiology.
Metchnikofrs researches on 'Asiatic.
cholera and chicken cholera, the micro
organism of which he discovered
vibrio Mitchnikof fil) rank among the
highest.
Metchnikofrs contributions to the
study of hog cholera, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis and a number of other In
fections are recognised as being amonit
the bet of their kind. As to his minor
contributions to bacteriology, they are
too numerous to mention.
Metchnikoff was also the first man
to discover that the higher apes
chimpansees) are susceptible to syphi
litic Infection and his experiments con
clucted on these animals are epoch
making. Among the important things
discovered while experimenting with
inoculation of chimpanzees with syphl
Us was the fact that It takes several
hours before an ape treated with the
syphilitic micro-organism becomes In
fected and that the application of calo
mel ointment within an hour and a
half after inoculation of the ape pre
vents infection. The vast importance
of this discovery can easily be seen,
and a practical application of this
principle to human beings has already
proved to be of inestimable value.
Study of Intestine Exhaustive.
Metchnikoffs study of the micro
organisms of the large intestine wai
exhaustive and he was rightly conoid
ered the greatest authority on the flora
of the large bowel. It was while study
ing the characteristics of a certain
germ of the large bowel, the colon
bacillus, that he was led to think that
a great many of our ailments are due
to certain poisons 4indol, phenol, cresol.
etc.) generated by the colon bacillus.
Among the interesting experiments
carried out by Metchnikoff with this
germ (colon bacillus) was one which
especially attracted bis attention,
namely, he was able to produce
marked hardening of the arteries (ar
teriosclerosis) in young rabbits by In
creasing the number of colon baclll
in their bowels. The urine, stools and
blood of these animals contained ex
treme.ly large amounts of those very
poisons which are generated by the
colon bacillus.
It a similar process takes place in
the human bowel (and we have reason
to think that it does), a diminution of
the number of colon bacilli in the hu
man bowel would naturally have
beneficial effect by postponing the
process of hardening of the arteries, or.
which is the same, of old age.
As the colon bacillus cannot thrive
in an acid medium, the thing to do
was to create an acid medium in th
part of the bowel where the colon
lus bulgaricus. and the glycobacter.
just lately Isolated by Metchnikoff from
the dog s Intestine.
Value of Milk Declared evident.
The bacillus bulgaricus ferments
milk (sours it) by producing lactio
acid out of the milk-sugar, while the
glycobacter manufactures the same
lactic acid out of other food articles
containing starch. The sour milk idea
4oon became popular and a number of
preparations containing the germs soon
appeared on the market. It is self
understood that sour milk alone will
not accomplish very much as far as
prolongation of life Is concerned. But
In conjunction with other rational
ways of living, the value of milk prep
arations rich in lactic acid cannot be
denied.
was a mind of broad and sweeping
grasp, his interests reaching far be
yond the walls of his laboratories,
never allowing himself to become en
grossed with the details of his bac
teriological work, as is the case with
mediocre minds.
"ot bacteriology alone but biology
lix general, more than that, the great
problems of life and mankind claimed
just as much of his attention as his
own specialty, fascinating as this spe
cialty may have been. And yet. con
sidering his high rank. Metchnikoff
was the most unassuming and most
accessible man I ever saw. His kind
ness of nature was proverbial.
Aid Given Student.
I shall never forget his kindness
shown me when I arrived in Paris in
October. 1911. My long-cherished am
bition was to get a complete course of
bacteriological work at Pasteur's Insti
tute in Paris. I'nfortunately. at the
time of mv arrival in Paris all ths
seats In the laboratory were already
assigned, and as out of 473 applicants.
400 of them were turned down, there
being only 75 seats to be had. I thought
that I had no show whatever of get
ting a place to work.
I then went directly to Metchnikoff
and toKl him that I crossed the entire
continent of North America from Port
land to New York City and then crossed
the Atlantic Ocean with the sole ob
ject of putting In a year's work under
his guidance, and now, after I reached
this temple of science, shall I be turned
down? My plea was short, but earnest.
Metchnikoff listened to me quietly and
then smiled.
"Come down tomorrow." he said,
and I will speak to Professor Borrel
about you."
And so he did. Next dav Metchni
koff Introduced me to Professor Borrel.
who was then director or the labora
tories, and just one word from Metch
nikoff was sufficient to find a place
tor me.
In looking over my correspondence
with Metchnikoff I found a letter of
his In which he thanked me for a hox
of beautiful Spltzenberg apples which.
I sent to him In November. 191. Hs
also expressed his desire to see this
country, of which he heard so many
good thing, but, he added, he was
afraid of seasickness In the first place,
and. besides, he could not very well
afforrl to abandon his work for a few
months for recreation.
Think of a man who. after reaching
his age, and having Incessantly worked
for so msny years, berrudgee himself
a two months' vacation. It seems
that nothing could make him happier
than doing his great work. Truly,
genius Is nothing but a great capacity
for work.
Memory Is Remarkable.
Having such a fresh mind it is not a
bit surprising that he wished to live
to be a centenarian. In speaking of
the Americans he once remarked to
me that the French are sorely in need
of that particular mental feature
which makes Americans a practical and
time and labor saving people. The
French have enough genius, brilliancy
and talent, but they are wasteful and
careless with their gifts, and allow
others to utilize their Ideas.
Metchnikoff was a man of prodigious
memory, as could be expected from a
man of his caliber. I remember a little
Incident which demonstrates to me
that faculty of his. Two of our Port
land surgeons visited Paris in 1912. and
it was my pleasure to Introduce them
to Metchnikoff. They both showed
him the results of their work in in
testinal surgery. Metchnikoff listened
to them and said nothing at the time.
Six months later I was very murh sur
prised when In a conversation of ours
we happened to talk about these two
Portland surgeons and Metchnikoff not
only remembered the names, but gave
me a correct opinion of both of them.
One can hardly Imagine what an I I honed that I would be able to see
enormous amount of work all these ex- I Professor Metchnikoff again after the
perlments Imply.- Yet. although In hte
late 60s Metchanikoff, like a young
mn, worked enthusiastically day in
and day out. Even when he was an
old man he would become animated
and his cheeks would flush every time
you would get him to talk on his fa
vorite subject.-!, and you would wonder
what a freshness of mind and feeling
that man possessed at an age when
the average person becomes fossilizedi
Metchnikoff s lectures in Pasteur's
Institute were attended by such large
crowds that often one couldn't find
even standing room and the deafening
applause after each lecture would not
infrequently wind up with regular ova
tions.
Metchnikoff wan undoubtedly the
most liked and most popular scientist
n Paris since Pasteur died (1894). His
both were rejoicing down in our hearts I bacillus is usually found. There are
that at last the thumbscrews were on I two germs that can create an acid me
Fanny. dium in tha bowel, namely, tha bacil
termination of this war, but fate des
tined differently We are not going to
have another man like him for some
time. Metchnikoff was one of those
few men who were picked out by the
great master. Louts Pasteur himself,
who had a wonderful capacity of
choosing and surrounding himself with
such men who would suit his purpose,
that is. to build up and develop his
creation, the Institute Pasteur.
Just a few of those picked out by
Tssteur are still alive and working at
the Institute: for instsnce. Laversn,
Roux. Dujardin, Beaumetz and NIcoll.
But they are all old now. and their ca
reers are coming to an end. Let u
hope that the sons of France, after this
terrible war is over, will continue to
supply the world with men capable of
doing good for mankind.
FARMER OFTEN CHEATS
HIMSELF IN WOOD SALE
Federal Experts Declare Guesswork Is Expensive and Lot Should be Care
v fully Cruised Before Deal Is Made.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 24 '
That the woodlot owner who
merely guesses at the value of
his timber may find his guesswork
very costly is well illustrated by the
following Instances of the difference
between guesswork and Intelligent
solving of woodlot problems, taken
from the United States Department of
Agriculture Farmers Bulletin 715,
'Measuring and Marketing Woodlot
Products."
A woodlot owner in Maryland re
ceived an offer of S1S00 for a tract
of timber, which he was inclined to
accept as a fair price. Before the
sale was made, however, he requested
the advice of the state forester as to
the amount and value of the timber.
As a result the state forester made an
examination of the tract, estimated the
market value of the timber and fur
nished the owner a list of timber op
erators who might be prespective buy
ers. The timber was then puonciy ad
vertised, with the result that the man
who had previously made the $1500
offer raised his bid to 4600. and tha
sale was finally made to another per
son for about SjaOO.
Woodlot Left In Uood Condition.
Only three months elapsed between
the. date of the first offer and the final
sale. Not only was the original of
fer Increased by nearly 270 per cent.
but the woodlot wss also left in ex-,
cellent condition. This was accom
plished by having the trees to be cut
selected and marked by the state for
ester with a view to leaving the young
growing timber on the ground, to
gether with sufficient seed trees to
restock the open places. The contract
further called for close utilisation bv
cutting the stumps low and using to
small diameters In the tops, the lop
ping of tops for cordwood and the
scattering of the remaining brush.
An 60-acre farm in south Central
Michigan had on it a 10-acre woodlot,
containing about 48.000 board feet of
basswood and about 12.000 each of bard
maple, soft maple, red oak, soft elm.
ash and beech. The trees were over
mature, many of them hollow, and the
owner knew he ought to "sell them
to save them." Timber on an adjacent
10 acres had previously been sold for
less than $100 an acre, or a total of
about $1000. Even this value compares
well with Incomes commonly obtained
from woodlots In Southern Michigan.
Instead of selling on the first bid
made, however, the owner, acting on
the advice of an expert attached to a
near-by forestry school, wrote to a
number of wood-using firms in differ
ent cities, from some of whom, after
examination of his timber, he obtained
bids on the different species in his
woodlot. As a result of his bargaining
he received for his stumpage sums
amounting, in' the segregate, to" nearly
$2000. For his red oak, bought for
quarter sawing by a firm outside the
, state, he received til a thousand board
feet. His other trees were purchased
by veneer companies, the basswood re
turning $19 a thousand board feet, ash
ll. elm and hard maple $14. soft maple
and beech $12.
Portable Mill Utilised.
An owner In Northwestern Ohio re
ceived bids of $550 and 600 lump sum
for his timber. Following the advice
of a relative, who had previously run
a sawmill, he engaged a portable mill,
sawed out and sold the following at
the prices named:
White oak butt, rough lumber for
wairon stock, hickory butts for bands
and elm bu:t for hoopx. sold for $1.3.t0
Barn frame, cut and usc-d on the farm.
value Boo
50O railroad tlea. Bold for 2JO
Kemainder. consisting of cheaper
poles, "mo timber, cull and refuse."
siM to the burer who had offered
$4O0 for th standing timber for... SSI
Grosa receipts from Umber
Total cost of operation 1.15
Net for stum pa e. value and profit. .$1.40O
It will be noted that $600 was the
highest bid received for the standing
timber, whereas he cleared $1400.
In Western Ohio a woodlot owner
who had carefully protected his best
timber for many years accepted. In
1914. a local buyer's lump-sum offer
of $260 for the timber on .o acres.
The trees were tall, clean, good-sized,
white and bur oak of high grade. By
a careful measurement of the stumps
and tops, made just after logging. It
was iouna inn me tract had yielded
not less than 14.500 board feet an
acre, or a total of more than 84.500
board feet. A fair price for this Qual
ity of lumber would be $17 a thousand
reel on tne stump. At this rate the tim
ber included In this sale was worth r.ot
less than $1436. or $1176 more than
the farmer received for it. Though
hmistakes only slightly less striking aro
common.
Public Library Notes
. "PRACTICAL GARAGE ACCOUNT-
X ING." by H. E. Holllster. which
has just been obtained by the technical
department of the Public Library,
should prove very useful to the owners
and managers of garages. It shows a
complete system of general records,
and also shows cost records.
One of the new bulletins just re
ceived from the Department of Agricul
ture, of special Interest In the Pacific
Northwest. Is Bulletin 360. dealing with
mistletoe Injury to the conifers of the
Northwest.
Another important new Government
publication is No. 119 in the Special
Agents' Series of the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce. It is de
voted to government aids to merchant
shipping In the countries of the world.
Both these publications are in the
reference department of the Central Library.
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