SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 6
Women, CJiurches, Books
and Features
VOL. XXXIX.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1920
NO. 37
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT LIKELY TO BE USED
TO REDUCE COST OlF FOOD AND FLOWERS
Interesting Tests Show That Day and Not Temperature Control Time of Flowering and Fruiting Production
Now May Be Hastened.
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'OW that the price of clothing
and some other necessities is
apparently going down, to
knock the bottom out of food 'costs
seems to be the paramount issue of
today with every man, woman and
child who, from necessity more than
choice, is still forced to. ba.rgairi,
dicker and plead with the butcher,
the baker and the grocer.
A few years ago the fact that the
time of flowering and fruiting for most
kinds of plants was controlled by
the length of the day instead of by
the temperature, would probably hve
occasioned nothing more than a .45
degree yawn from any of .our. re
spected electorate outside of a few
scientists. However, this theory, that
too long a day or too short a day, de
. rending upon the kind of fruit cr
flower it is. may stop flowering may
prove of vital importance to those
concerned in the H. C. of L,.. which
means practically everyone. Because
of this theory, which has just been
established to be completely correct
by tests, production may be artifi
s cially hastened. The greater the pro
duction the easier, of course, to lam
bast profiteering.
It is believed that this discovery
will have as much influence on the
reduction of prices as the discovery
reputed to have just bein made by a
professor at the Manchester College
of Technology, who has determined
that it was possible to vulcanize rub
ber speedily and perfectly by means
of two cheap gases sulphur dioxide
and hydrogen sulphide at a mere
fraction of the cost of existing pro
cesses. As a result of this discovery, as
tonishing claims have already been
made. Rubber goods wi be much
cheaper. But not only that, there
will be plenty of rubber. Boot soles
will be produced that will last four
times as long as the leather ones we
now use, felt hats will b much
cheaper than those made at present,
as will floor coverings of rubber and
eawdust.
The length of day has been prt.ved
to be the most potent factor in deter
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mining the relative proportions be
tween the vegetable and fruiting
parts of many crop plants. InieeJ.
fruiting may be completely suppressed
by a day either too long or too short.
For generations, of course, scien
tists have known that summer light
was necessary for the normal growth
INGENIOUS PEDDLER OF NEWS
AMONG WELLESLEY WOMEN
Names of Students and Members of Faculty Attached 'to Fictitious
. ' Stories Care Taken to Say Nothing Actionable at Law.
ELLESLEY, Mass.. ' July 3.
Wellesley college authorities
are trying to head off .the ac
tivities of an ingenious news peddler
who, making his headquartecs In
Boston, has sent to newspapers all
over the country complimentary" but,
the college officials say, untrue sto
ries concerning young women , in the
student body and members of the faculty.-
His method is to query a news
paper as to whether it wishes a story
of which a student or faculty mem
ber living in the city or town where
the paper is published is the central
figure. The identical query is sent
to anywhere from 50 to 100 papers, it
is alleged, with -a different name in
each case for the heroine of the story.
These names are taken from the col
lege catalogue.
Regarding one of these stories the
college publicity department says: '
"On April 23 there went out from
Boston to newspapers all over the
United States and Canada a set of
telegrams like the following, except
for name and address:
" "Wellesley honors Anna Abbott, 60
Main street, to represent college
sweeping government economic in
vestigation." Story Sent Broadcast.
"The story sent to those papers
which accepted was that the local
student or, in some towns whose
supply of students at Wellesley was
limited, a member of the faculty had
been 'elected by the student body and
of most kinds of plants. They under
stood that, although the summer sun
might at times become too ho't, it
could never cause any injury except
perhaps the injury due to burning.
The discovery that, apart from any
effect of burning, it is possible for
plants to have too mum daylight or,
confirmed by the faculty' as one of
the 50 members of a Wellesley eco
nomic investigation committee, which
was, it appeared, to "conduct a sys
tematic economic survey of the United
States, in an endeavor to secure a
basis for a plan to reduce the cost
of living."
"The irritation of the victims, of
whom there are at least 100, and of
their .families, especially of those
whose parental pride had accepted
the tale as not unlikely, has naturally
been considerable. It is made greater
for many of the victims because this
is at least the second occasion that
they have thus received honors be
stowed only by this news agency."
An earlier instance was in Januarv
last, when the agency sent out a story
of an "unprecedented ceremonv," the
time of which was left indefinite,
when General Pershing's helmet and
staff flag nd also "the imperial bat
tle pennon of the German emperor"
were bestowed upon the college by
the Agora society. The story said a
"touching, eloquent and impressive
address" was made on behalf of -the
college by a girl whose name was dif
ferent in each case.
As a matter of fact, the publicity
department says:
"About the only facts were the
names and addresses gained from the
college directory, though it was true,
as published in an Associated Press
dispatch last October, that General
Pershing's helmet and flag are in the
possession of an organization at Wel
lesley." ' ...... . .
in other words, too many hours of
daylight in comparison with th-e num
bers of hours of darkness was made
recently by W. W. Garner and H. A.
Allard of the bureau of plant indus
try. United States department of ag
riculture. They have shown that too
long- a day as well as too short a day
will prevent many kinds of plants
from overreaching their stage of
flowering and fruiting. i
The advance of agricultural prac
tice which may come through this
new discovery will have to be brought!
about largely by plant breeders and
other qrop specialists.. For instance,
it will proye of material signilicance
in the future planning of crops for
different regions, especially where
consideration of -new crops from dif
ferent latitudes is necessary.
This new principle also undoubtedly
explains the eratic behavior which
has been observed with many crops
when they are shifted to different
latitudes. It may also tend to clear
up the conflicting results of variety
tests and field tests conducted with
the same crops but in different re
gions. The experiments have shown, trr
instance, that ragweed requires for
flowering a stimulus that is afforded
by the shortening of the days and
lengthening of the nights. It does
not come into flower until the per:od
of daylight falls below 15 hours. In
the latitude of Washington that
comes about July 1. But if ragweed
seed should be taken"to northern
Maine and planted the plants would
not experience-a length of day below
15 hours until about August 1. There
fore they could not come into flower
until about August 1 and. though the
vegetative growth might be very
rank, they could not mature seed be
fore killing frosts intervened. The
long days, therefore, make it impos
sible for ragweed to perpetuate itself
in that latitude. On the other hand,
plants that get their flowering stimu
lus from a long day could not perpet
uate themselves through seed forma
tion at the equator, where the day
never exceeds 12 hours.
"The intensity of the light has
very much more significance uponJ
tne growin or me piain iimu tia
usually been supposed," said Mr. Gar
ner, in speaking of the working out
of his theory. "Greenhouse experi
ments prove that the flowering and
fruiting period of practically any
plant can be made to take place at
any time of the year by darkening
the greenhouse In the morning and
evening if the day is too long or by
lengthening the day by artificial light
U' the day is too short."
He then explained that in his belief
many florists -and greenhouse opera
tors would use the new theory of con
trolling flowering and fruiting of
plants.
"For example." he went on, "we all
know that the price of violets during
certain periods of the year is very
high. That is because they bloom
only during the comparatively short
days of the spring. However, if the
violet plants are covered with light
proof boxes at night and not uncov
ered until the sun is about half an
hour high each morning- during the
summer time violets can be forced to
bloom again in the summer. The
price of a bouquet of them in that
event would not so seriously impair
the exchequer of Helen's or Maud's
one best bet as it does now."
Yellowjackets Interrupt
Telephone Service.
Trouble "Shooters" at Mrkfleld
l.oriitr Swarm In Terminal of
(able Where- Winter Provisions
'Were Belnic Stored.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. July 3. (Spe
cial.) Trouble shooting by work
men on telephone lines sometimes
brings them peculiar experiences, and
this was illustrated recently on a line
serving a suburban district of Marsh
field, t
For several days complaints were
flooding the telephone central alleg
ing the subscribers could obtain no
satisfaction through conversation over
the line. Superintendent Gates sent
out men, who went all over the lines
several times, yet the trouble was not
eliminated. One of the men. as a last
resort, thought to examine a cable
terminal, which seldom causes trou
ble. - He climbed the pole supporting
the terminal and. on essaying to ex
amine the interior, was startled to
see a swarm of yellowjackets issue
forth and attack him. He beat a fire
pole retreat to earth, but later re
turned, prepared with an exterml-
cleaned out it was found they had
entirely filled the terminal with their j
nesting material and were putting
ELKS TO ATTEND SESSION
.Marshficld Out to Secure 1921
State Convention.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 3. (Spe
cial.) Lodge 1160 of Klks has com
pleted arrangements for attending
the state convention at Salem this
month and has engaged five Pullman
sleepers, to be attached to the night
train leaving here on the evening of
July 21. The Marshfield lodge now
has more than 600 members, and it is
expected that at least 25 per cent
of the membership will attend the
convention. The Pullmans will be
parked at Salem to be used as sleep
ing quarters for the lodge during the
three-day session. Marshfield is out
to secure the convention for 1921.
The new home of the Marshfield
lodge, with 10.000 square feet of
space, is practically completed, the
furniture installed and the lodge oc
cupied it June 30. The rooms have
been constructed with every regard
for the latest i0 design and furnish-
ings, and the ladies' room in particu
lar is a luxurious department. The
dedication of the building, Exalted
Ruler Frank D. Cohan said, will 'oc
cur some time in September, when
Eugene. Salem-and Portland lodges
have promised to participate in mak
ing the occasion one of note.
FIRM GIVES SCHOOL SITE
New Building Will Be Keady for
Occupation by September.
HOOI'lAM Wash -Tulv 3. (Km-
cial.) The first rural school for this 'weeks for nothing and was subse
district on the Olympic highway will , fluently hired for a trifle more,
be built at once on. a site donated l y On The Oregonian he made many
the Poison Logging company, 1 miles i friends and quite some reputation as
west of town, jeeording to p,ans de- a newspaper writer politics, poetry,
raided on hv the schol board, aad will 'police courts, anything, everything.
be completed by September. I
In this district there are about 200
families, and the Poison Logging
company has furnished the children
education free of charge for th past
few years. City Attornev W. E. Camp-
bell, Fred Dean. Hubbard ?"ut:e sec-
rotary of the school bo-ird. and W. A.
Jacka yesterday visited the site of-
fered by the logging firm anc ac-
copted it for the Hoquiam school dis-
tr'ct.
MONTAGUE MADE GOOD ON OREGONIAN, THEN
WENT WITH HEARST; NOW SYNDICATE WRITER
Oregon Newspaper Man Has' Hobnobbed With Brisbane, Abused Politicians, Changed Names of Streets,
Waged a Campaign for Prohibition, and Tried to Become Expert at Golf.
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James J. Montague.
"After Duttinx the
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BY ROY U McCARDKLU
LI., paths, especialJy when mak
ing Little Journeys to Literary
Landmarks, lead to New Ro
cheile.
And the busiest little literary cu of
tea in all New Rocheile Is James J.
Montague, of whom more hereafter.
For years Kddie Foy, Augustus
Thomas, Francis Wilson and the pres
ent writer held New Rocheile on the
map till George M. Cohan pegged it
there.
Then along came James J. Montague
from far-off Oregon and put some jazz
into the place and look hat it la
today.
From Main street to Pelham road
runs a red brick boulevard aforetime
called "Drake's Lane." This was the
center of New Hochulie's unterrifled
democracy, the Dailiwick of the Hon.
Mike Dillon, wno found New Rocheile
a mud hole and made it the "Queen
City of the Sound."
The first sign of James J. Mon
tague's activities in New Kochelle was
his building him a fine home on
Drake's lane. Hardly was the roof
tree up before the town council of
New Rocheile renamed the red brick
boulevard "Drake avenue." The Irish
at the upper end put on patent lea
thers and dressed as if every day were
St. Patrick's day, and. lo, and behold.
Drake avenue was fashionable!
Publicity! Publicity! And again pub
licity.! And who Is this man Montague of
whom we hear so much and see so lit
tle? For his height is but 5 feet 4, and
we see him so little only in this sense
because, otherwise, he is so much in
the public eye.
Well, he was born in Mason City,
Iowa, where the Mason jars come
from. April 16. 1873. and W. J. Bryan's
old harpings on "The Crime of "73"
has no connection whatever with
Montague's nativity.
The education of our hero was frag
mentary. Public schools, a planing
mill where he learned to saw wood
and say a great deal an ice factory
and a real estate office.
The cities he has Inhabited are pro
grsslvely as follows: Mason City,
Iowa, from 1873 till 1887: Kansas City,
Mo. accompanied by his parents
for one year: Marysvllle, C'al his
parents still going strong for an
other year, and then Portland, Or., for
13 years and now out and free of
parentaI controI.
In the early summer of 1896 being
then 23 years old he looked around
for a vocation which would pay fair
ly well and for which no training or
education of any great consequence
was requisite. He decided that jour
nalism met all these requirements and
so tie became a reporter on The Port
land Oregonian.
It was the editor's opinion that
Montague was too light for the work,
so our hero made a cunning bargain
with the editor. He offered to work
for two weeks for nothing and then
to accept whatever the editor thought
he was worth. He worked the two
About 12 years ago Arthur Brisbane,
always an ivory hunter, noting the
efforts of Montague in The Oregonian,
. Offered Montague J60 a week to come
: to New York and wage slave on the
j Evening; Journal.
I Montague came back asking for a
I prohibitive salary as he thought
j of much more than $60 a week,
' Montague was camouflaging in this.
, becaugse he feared to transfer his
'labors to a larger field' unless be
IGSL'
'He U a great sprinter and runs for eveithing
in New Rocheile except office."
saloon out of business he wa o
a Scotch highball."
would have the price of transporta
tion back to Oregon in case he was
notified that the indispensable man
was not numerous at the end of his
first week on the Kvening Journal.
But Brisbane admired his nerve,
met the raise and called his bluff, and
Montague came on a come-on.
On the Kvening Journal Brisbane
put him to political reporting, abus
i'.ig Murphy and not abusing Murphy
it's either one thing or the other
on the Journal.
Then when Brisbane would go on
vacations Montague was assigned to
sit in and stir the proletariat to un
rest by writing the Brisbane editorial
column.
All this time he kept emitting
poetry. Sometimes this poetry ap
peared in the Kvening Journal, but it
was generally printed on the editorial
page of the Morning American under
the caption of "More Truth Than
Poetry" although it was neither.
For a brief while Montague was
managing editor of the Kvening Jour
nal and when not managing or edit
ing found great surcease in slipping
into a seat in a quiet corner of Busi
ness Manager S. S. Carvalho's office
and playing chess and going into the
silences with that gracious diplomat
and astute sophistican.
Ever and anon Hearst would send
Montague to all the big political con
ventions, state and national, and in
his capacity as political writer for
the American and Journal Montague
formed more firm and lasting friend
ships with statesmen and politicians
he abused for Hearst than any other
political writer has since the days of
Alfred Henry Lewis
Between conventions Montague pre
ferred to poetize and indite scathing
editorials.
The above cynical desires of his can
be readily analyzed:
Montague early discovered that
around the shop newspaper poets are
never considered as being wholly nor
mal and consequently are not expect
ed to keep even the elastic office
hours of a newspaper editorial depart
ment. Also his preference for editorial
writing can be explained by the fact,
which he confesses, that even while
on The Portland Oregonian he soon
learned that editorial writers can take
their copy directly upstairs to the
composing room Instead of having to
argue about it with the' copy desk.
Besides, the linotype operators al
ways work in their shirtsleeves and
most every one of them have a cigar
or two coyly peeping from their upper
waistcoat pocket. And these may be
abstracted with some merry Jest
and the older the jest is the heartier a
linotype operator will laugh such as
"Ha. I see you know the ropes!"'
Kd Wynn got this from Montague.
After the war was over Hearst sent
Montague to Paris to the peace con
ference at Versailles. Here he got
on splendidly with Colonel House.
Clemenceau and Lloyd George, al
though Montague was never in favor
of the league of nations.
And what was the consequence?
Well, do you see any league of na
tions fussing around about our par
ticipation in the Armenian mandate?
No. you do not! And furthermore.
Senator Hiram Johnson, also a great
friend of Jimmy Montague's, says
there ain't going to be any league of
nations.
And didn't Jimmy Montague go out
to the republican convention and work
on the side lines?
Hush!
Just one year ago that is, in May,
1919 Montague, figuratively speak
ing, withdrew the bradawl that
pinned his ear to the doorpost of the
house of Hearst. He threw . aside
the shackles and became a free man!
' Ue went to work for' Jack Wheeler
f V
worn
fagged out be had to have
of the Bell newspaper syndicate, to
gether with Ring Lardner and other
manumitted peons of the press, and
now his life is gay and free, sing
merrily, cheerily, my lads!
Of course, it is only freedom in the
seeming. Jimmy Montague has to
work harder than ever. But he is
happy in the fact that he doesn't
know it.
He does verses on the news, on cur
rent topics and on the shortest notice
every day. which are sent from New
York to The Oregonian.
But. as I said, it Is around New
Rocheile that Jimmy Montague is the
busiest little cup of tea. When
Drake's lane was changed to Drake
avenue and made fashionable because
the Montagues resided upon it. even
if the Capulets did not, Jimmy deter
mined to take up golf.
He was one of the charter members
of the Wykagyl Golf club out on
North avenue and the club's profes
sional, Alex Smith, told me himself
that Montague was the most promis
ing golf player that ever teed a ball.
The only trouble with Montague n.s
SOMETHING OF TRADE TO BE
GOOD QUEEN, SAYS MARY
Diversification of Responsibilities Reminds Ruler That as a Child She
Was Taught to Live for Others.
B
VCHAREST, July 3. "How to
be a successful quttn?" said
Queen Mary of Rumania, repeat
ing the question of the correspondent.
"Why, it is something of a trade to
be a queen, and the chief implements
cf the trade are courage and courtesy.
Smile when your head is aching,
smile when you ere ready to drop
from fatigue and worry, smile when
all Is going wrorg. smile at good
news and at bad news. Always keep
jourself interested in others. No
matter how great may be the strain
on your patience when talking or
listening to a bore, make him or her
think that you tliirk the conversation
is vital. Never think of your personal
troubles but thosa of your country. I
don't even own UP when 1 know that
I don't know a thing; but I always
go out and find out all about this un
known subject."
Ask anyoody, peasant or rlitician,
who rules Rumania, and thoy will
look at you witil eyes Wide open in
surprise and say: "Why, the queen,
of course."
Queen Mary is the scene-shifter, the
s:lken hand, th power behind the
throne of Kins; Ferdinand e very min
ute. Since sh came out from Eng
land, nearly 25 years ago. she ha
been learning this trade of beinj;
queen, and now she has been at it for
more than fiv year?, in place of
Carmen Sylva. and she has, made it
her business to know her country and
her people.
She aspires to be quee.i in every
sense, and she is quite as willing to
take the duties of the job as well as
its pleasures. As tor it3 pleasures,
she gets all the fur. she can out of it,
dresses as well as she can. to en
hance her beauty which is famous.
"If a queon ' goes around, shabby and
red-uosed, it makes a great deal of
difference. I think." she said. "It is
not expected of us and so why should
I do it? I felt rather mortif.ed when
in Paris just after the armistice and
I had to attend icception3 fre-quented
by all the beauties of the world, and
was not ible to wear seine of my
splendid jewels which had been sent
to Moscow. Just lo think that I had
four or five crowns, some of them in
herited from my Russian mother, and
not a one 10 wear in Paris "
That the queen is quite as willing
a promising golf player, Alex Smith
added, was that he never kept his
promises.
Then Montague must have decided
to run for office or something, be
cause at unearthly houra in the morn
ing, sometimes as early as 8 A. M.,
he could have been seen in sweater
and running trunks sprinting up and
down Pelham road from Hunters is
land inn to Charlie Mauer's teamster'
retreat one full mile, especially at
Charlie Mauer's end of it.
Thus Montague sprinted for one
whole summer, totally destroying
Judge Kehoe's rinder sidewalk that
runs nearly half the distance, although
Montague ran all of it. The other
effects, such as impairing Montague s
wind, were negligible.
But he never ran for office, al
though he and Montague Glass, as
teammates, demonstrated a pernicious
political activity in their mutual en
deavors to remove "The Menace of
the Shadow of the Saloon from the
Threshold of the Home!" in New Ro
cheile. Mind you, this was before we had
constitutional prohibition and ere ws
had to pay $20 a quart and tote it
on the hip. as now. when every man
feels he is taking his life in his hands
every time he pulls the cork on any
unbranded bottle he has bought from
a bootlegger.
This assault of Montague and Glass
on John Barleycorn wasv about three,
years ago. before there were any con
stitutional amendments, and when .
there was a life-saving station oa
every corner, except in the most care
fully restricted residence districts.
The saloon fought hard for its life
in New Rocheile the rum sellers
fcught nobly but Montague and
Glass, the Cold Thirst Twins, would
not be denied.
The two Montagues James J".
Montague and Montague Glass were
in the thick of the fray for "The
Heme as Against the Saloon'." The
women of New Rocheile had their
first vote that election. The two
Montagues gave up all other work
and visited around arousing tha
Ladies" Element.
If the lady voter was young and
good looking and had prejudices that
papa needed his hootch and besides
a little claret punch helped to brighten
a party the two Morltagues would
argue with them for hours and hours.
The day of the election came. Tha
poles were open till 9 P. M., the two
Montagues were out from the time
the pole3 opened till -the poles closed,
bringing in the reluctant woman
voters, especially the lookers! Some
times their automobiles were so full
of female loveliness that the captious
micht have considered it was Joy
riding but it wasn't.
A great moral issue was at stake!
At 9 P. M., when the poles closed.
James J. Montague tottered over to
me and whispered huskily, "I'm a.11
in. McCardell! For goodness' sake,
take me around to your house and
give me a slug of Scotch!"
"What's the matter with your house
ar.d your Scotch?" 1 asked. Because
wo were speaking in the voting place
Huguenot Engine company. on
Drake avenue, just opposite the
manse of Montague.
"My Scotch is all used up election
eering!" murmured the great re
former. After putting the saloons out of
business in New Rocheile, Montague,
it would seem, couldn't get too much
of water. Hitherto he had been con
tent with water on the side. Now he
wanted it not only on the side, or
rather both sides, but he wanted it
beneath him. So for two seasons he
took up motor boating with all the
jubilant activity he had hitherto de
voted to golf, sprinting and putting
down Drink.
His favorite wife has been his only
one, and she has borne with him with
pleasant patience since the hard win
ter of 1S96.
His favorite children are three. One,
the eldest boy. is at Dartmouth and
will vote at the coming election, per
haps as Dad tells him. The next, a
girl, is at Cornell, and the third, a
bey, is in the New Rocheile high
school.
His favorite poet is all of them.
His favorite editor is William Eu
gene Lewis. His favorite author, just
at present, is Anatole France, and he
thinks he will like Jurgen if he can
find some one with an unsuppressed
copy to lend him.
His favorite Elder Statesman is S.
S. Carvalho. His favorite character In
history is the Old Monk, of Siberia.
He loves everybody and everything,
and everything and everybody loves
him although his favorite pose Is to
pretend he is a positivist and a pes
simist! to shoulder the duties of queendom i3
testifi2d to by thousands of men and
women who met her during the Ger
man occupation cf Rumania. As a
Red Cross rni'sa she was visitintr the
hospital of tho incurables at Jassy.
When she and the surgeon reached
the door of the hopeless, "there's no
need of going in there, it is too dan
gerous," paid the surgeon. "They are
dying it 13 my duty." answered tha
queen. Just after she entered the
queen hoard a dyin soldier calling"
for his wife. Vithout a word the
queen walked over to the bed of the
typhus victim, saying1, "Here 1 am."
and knelt and embraced the man. who
died in her arms, happr.
The queen is a practical queen. In
the same city of Jassy. this fact was
discovered and when the mayor want
ed to get tho snow cleaned off the
streets, he timidly applied to the
f;ueen for help. "Why bless you, ot
course I will help."' said tne .uten,
ar.d she led the gang of snow-shovel-ers.
After this whenever medicines
rnd instruments were neodnd In the
hospitals, or extra nurses, the queen
was caller, upon.
Once there was a bread famine. The
queen got her own private motor cars
scouring the country for flour and
then she organised the bakeries of the
city. She did the canu -vhen there
was a wood an.l coal famine. "As a
child I was tauirht to live fcr others."
said thj queen in one part of the con
versation with the Asoc;atfd Press
ci.rresDondent. -So whatever I do I
do naturally, without effort. A a
little girl I w.a? told that this was
part of the trade-."
"Should the queen get a touch of
internationalism and go on strike
some day, that would be a hard day
for Rumania," laughingly said Take
Jonescue. one of her admirers, a man
regarded as tha koenet-minded law
yer, financier and politician in the
country.
Miles of Wire for One Uonse.
The White House, D. C, is prob
ably the most intricately equipped
electrical mansion in the world.
There are in the house more than 170
miles of wires, providing for 300
Incandescent lights, a bell system and
a private telephone system for tlia
president aud his family, exclusively
a