The Monmouth herald., June 10, 1921, Image 3

Elephants Once
Roamed Texas
Gigantic Beast and May •Have
Lived 1.000,000 Years Ago.
Says Biologist.
. .. ..
SKELEiCN
..
IS
_ . . . _ _
ca. rath er ilntu A frl. it, must have # n
th e ir fa v o rite hunting ground*. S cie n ­
tist» s ta te th at during th at period
o v er ihe sam e p lain s w hich tliese ele-
phunts roam ed num erous other long
e x tin c t anim als, whose d escen d an ts
| now live in su ili d istan t p lace s a s In-
DISCOVEnED | abundance.
,:1 <>r Ce,|t r!‘ l
A frica, w ere living in
“ As the storm s itnd w aves grad ­
ually eat aw ay th e g rav elly bank of
I ¡I" h.iy lit S '
I. ■ tins
s
f
cam els, e x tin c t horses and perhaps
o th er p re h isto ric aulm uls will he
brought to view', thu s fu rnishing ma-
| te ria l for an o th e r page in the account
Siur Leon, T e x a s .— P o sitiv e proof j of tlm t long d istan t period when ccu-
th a t e lep h an ts o f g ig an tic size, wl h tu rle s and not y e ars w ere used a s the
bodies probably covered with long , unit In the m easurem ent o f tim e ." "
lialr, once roam ed the c o a sta l plain s
o f T e x a s h as been obtaiued by the j
Mule P u ts Tow n In D a rk n e ss
u n earthing here o f the skeletons, o f
one o f these p reh isto ric anim als. T h e 1 H artfo rd , K y.— A mule belonging to
lierlod o f its life d ates back anyw here I J o e Ford, below town a couple o f
m iles, broke a log and thereby put tlie
from Guo.uuo to I'UOO. ixa ) y e ars, ac-
e le c tric lighting p lan t o f tiie town out
cording to 11. C. C handler, a ssis ant
o f business. T lie ow ner of tlie mule
p ro fesso r of biology iu K lee in s titu te
fu rn ish es coal to tlie light plant com ­
o f H ouston, w ho assisted lu rem oving
pany fo r steam purposes, and when
the rem ains from the hurd bed of
his m ules!.ip crack ed u leg it "b u sted "
sand and gravel.
a team . No team w ork, no c o a l; no
it will ta k e som e tim e to reco n ­
coal, no lights.
stru c t the bones uud form the skele- j
ton a s it o rigin ally e x is ed, and u n t il,
th is is done m easu rem ents cannot be j
a c cu ra te ly tukeu. T h e fa c t, however,
thui the tu sk s a re each m ore thuu 12
fe e t long in d icates the g re at size of
the pachyderm .
S c ie n tis t’s Sp ecu lation.
T h e skcietou was discovered by R.
T . Hoy of H ouston, who called Mr.
C h and ler to his a s sista n ce in u n e a rth ­
ing it. In sp eaking of the discovery
Prehistoric Instruments Indicate
Mr C handler s a id :
T e i u r e Noah co llected his an im als
That Titey Must Have
in the ark and b e fo re Adam and E ve
Started Early.
u ’e the d isastrou s apple in the G arden
o f Eden th is beast, perhaps attack ed
by a m urderous sa b er too hed tiger,
a huge lieust w hich also roam ed
t,.rough N orth A m erica at tlmt tim e,
laid his g reat c a rca se down on the
s.m ds of the beach and died. T h e In stru m en ts of P ercu ssion and W.nd
seabird s o f th a t an cien t tim e, no
Instru m en ts
Composed
T h eir
d..ubt, dined sum ptuously fo r many
O ch estras— B ells W ere of Copper
w eeks on his g reat body, and w hat
W ith P ebble C lappers.
w as left by them w as picked by the
m icroscopic anim als o f tlie bay.
New Y o rk—T lm t the indiuiis of pre
"T h e w aves o f the an cien t hay rip­
h isto ric P eru knew Hie u rt— or should
pled over tlie bones of the falle n mon- j
we say s cie n c e ? —o f "Ja z z " Is apparent
a rc h , c arry in g sand and gravel, until
from tlie d eco ratio n s, rep resen tin g
finally th e e n tire sk e le.o n was hurled
o rch e stra s and d an cers, found on
deep under a m ass o f debris.
tiie uncieiit ilo ttery uud m etal o b je c ts
"C en tu ries passed and the land
o f tlie region. F u rth e r evid ence Is
slowly raised to its present level, j
furnished
by
acco u n ts
of
early
«..me ten feet above the w ater level.
w riters, Htid, most convincing, by
W a r by y ear the w aves lapped con-1
num bers of the m usical Instrum ents
t tiuously again st th e bank, e atin g It
them selves w hich have been recov­
aw ay,
until
finally
a
too ii wns
ered
from
g rav es and
ruins
by
brought to view, p robably som e MR).-
arch eo log ists.
T h e s e Instru m en ts In­
<««» years a fte r it had been dropped
clude drum s, hells, cym bals, ra ttle s,
from the ja w s o f th e grent hcast.
pipes, flutes, w histles, tru m p ets anil
A H unting Ground.
an u n m istak able a n c e sto r o f tlie oboe.
"T h e re a re m any who, w hile ad m it­ I f ibe a c tiv itie s o f an e n e rg e tic Indian
ting- the evidence of th eir ev es that o rch e stra , equipped with som e or all
no elep hant did live and die on the o f th ese in stru m en ts did not produce
shore» o f T e x a s , will ques ion stule- som ething akin to present-day Jazz,
Ill- »it- nf s cie n tists as to tile great cx- the w riter Is guiity o f an e rro r iu
I »an «e of tim e sin ce the anim al ex- Judgm ent.
Uted.
U ndoubtedly, early m an sang uud
"N. very a c cu ra te e stim a te cun he
danced befo re lie produced in stru ­
ovule, it is true, but th at It exceed s
m ental m usic. As tlie most Im port­
i. «xi y e a rs Htid may approach 1,-
ant elem ent o f th e so n * and dunce
n « » i« u y e ars th e re is no doubt lu tlie
is rhythm , and a s in singing and
n In I o f any person who has m ade a
dancing a d esire fo r som e sound to
»pul» of the past life on the earth.
c le a rly Ind icate tlie rhythm seem s to
> id ■ s tim a te * a re based on the tim e
lie universal, prim itive v o calists and
re.pi red to deposit sed im entary ris k,
terp isch o reatis ev eryw h ere la v e found
i
e r o d e v alleys and to w ear aw ay
a s sista n ce in the snapping o f fingers,
r.t Its.
No one could Judge th e age
d ap p in g o f hands, boating o f hips
tin s p a rticu la r specim en alone. |>u
and »tam ping o f foot. T h en , probably,
age Is e stim a tisi on the known
the
drum
w as d evised— tlie
first
111 re re o f the nniiiiwI In company
m usical Instrum en t. T lie allied Instru ­
w I. . or anim a!» in rod-.» or dépos­
m ents of percussion, a» cym bals,
its where the a s » can lie m ilghly cu­
ra ttle » and hells sooti followed.
tltiiHted anil lts a líse m e in deposits
W .nd Instrum ents.
i 1 b s a r e o f more recent I n 'e.
Luter cam e the wind Instrum ents,
" H a d th e re been gam e han e r s in
( l ie pleis-t. .e n e p e r t e d N orth A v e ri- sm-.i a» mustcul sh ells and v arieties
F a c t T h a t T u sks Are More T h an 12
F e e t Long, In d icates the G reat
Size
of
the
P achyd erm —
P robably Killed by T ig er.
Claim Sleep Sickness
Germ Has Been Isolated
M ilw aukee.— W hat Is claim ed
by s c ie n t is t s ♦> be tlie first com ­
plete isolation o f the germ of
sleeping sick n ess was announced
here by Hr. W illiam T h alh lm er
of M ilw aukee, who, lu co n ju n c­
tion with a num ber o f phy si­
cian *. conducted a c lin ic o f a
y e a r's duration at the C olum bia
hospital.
T lie resu lts o f the clin ic. It
w as announced, showed (tint a
m inute orguuisiu w as responsi­
ble fo r the d read d isc: -e. and
th a t tlie physician» had been
aide to com pletely Isolate am i
propagate the m icrobe.
It is believed that a cu re for
.
suit from tlie
experim en ts, though tin s is uot
yet claim ed by the M ilw aukee
doctors.
T lie s cie n tists a re at work
now on the prep aratio n o f a
serum to com bat tlie d isease.
W oo d p eck er* Alm ost
of pipe» uud horns. And iluully, tiie
m ore com plex stringed
instru m en t
w us
d e v e lo p e d .
ih e
q.
rlV
-m .
J
g r e U ie s i
sin g le-
step forw ard lu Hie history o f in
stru m eiilu l m usic was Hie m ech an ical
production of a m usical » c a l*. T h is
cam e with tlie pipes. In P eru , e v i­
d ence is found ot tlie first tw o tyi«*»
— instru m en ts of percussion and wiu.l
in stru m en ts— hut so fur m ailin g lia»
te e n toiind to ind icate tliut tlie pre
h isto ric Indians o t tiie legion knew
how to m ake m usic from tiie vllira
lio n s of strings.
In Hie A m erican Museum of .Nat­
ural H istory in New York (Tty there
is a lurge collection o f p ie h isto ric
m u sical instrum ent» of lY ru . They
hav e
been
caret ally
studied
by
C h a rles W Mead, A ssistant C u rato r
of tiie D epartm ent of A nthropology,
w hose findings have been published
in a short paper. A ccording to Mead,
no drums have lieeu found in an cien t
Peruvian graves.
T h is ui.iy he for
Hie reusou, lie believes, e ith e r tlmt
the drum s o f tlie tim e, licit.g m ade of
p erish able iiialeriu l have nil d isln tc
grated , or th at becau se ot som e mi
p erstitinii it w as not custom ary to
bury d ram a with the death
Drums,
how ever, w ere pictured by Hie native
a r tis ts of tlie tim e uud d escribed by
early w riters, th e evldeuoe showing
that they w ere iileuHeal in kind with
the drum s used to day in sev eral part.»
of I’eru.
T h ey were m ade o f skin
stretch ed over u hoop o f wood or ovci
one end of a sh o rt sectio n of a tree
trunk hollowed out to a thin cylinder.
Sm all drums seem to have been the
rule. T h e drum head s w ere usually
m ade of tlie skin» o f d eer and oilier
an im als column., to tlie cou ntry .
H is K uiloence 1 V n nls C ardinal D ougherty, arc h b ish o p o f P hilad elp hia. I n i returned from Koine w here he re-
reived th e risi Imt from Hie pope. Tin* illu stra tio n sh o w s th e procession of autom obiles carry in g the cardinal and
the reception com m ittee fur Hie pier lu New Y ork, Koduiu n W am inntker presenting u bunch of roses to the card in al.
Women Red Heads
Form New Society
Alarming Possibilities Are Pre­
sented by the Order of the
Golden Fleece.
FRIZE FOR BRIGHTEST HUE
M embers Are L isted in the Club Rolls
Under 22 C lassification s Covering
the V ariou s S had es of Red
H air— T o Study Data.
W ashington.— W lmt does tiie color,
abunduuce uud te x tu re of your h air
reveal regarding your c h a ra c te r and
ab ility ?
T lie question is raised sharply by
tlie new s of a banquet which was held
this y e a r by an unusual organization
in tlie U niversity o f N ebraska, it is
known ns the O rd er o f Gulden F le e ce
and Its m em bership is compost'd only
of young women w hose h air belongs
to one o f tiie many shad es v u lg a r . 7
d escribed a s red.
A ccording to au ­
th o ritativ e re p o rts tlie m em bers are
classified on tlie clu b ro lls under the
follow ing color h e a d in g s: Squash, c a r ­
rot, pumpkin, orange, brick, scarlet,
flamingo, m aroon,
copper, auburn,
henna, m ahogany, m agenta, sorrel,
straw b erry , roan, ru sset, cerise , c a r­
nation, salm on, shrim p pink and pink.
Letnon, ginger. Insipid brown and
ch em icals o f all kinds a re barred.
F riz e s nre aw arded a t tlie annual
ev en ts fo r tlie brig h test flam e o f color,
the g re a te st qu an tity o f h a ir and that
o f th e most b eau tifu l shade.
O n , M o r, Kind of C lass Feeling.
T ills organization is In terestin g and
(lerhaps alarm ing to tlie gen eral public
as an exam ple o f one m ore kind of
cla s s feeling. It Is well known Hint
cla s s feelin g and the tend ency to or­
ganize on a cla»s b asis nre on th e in­
Copper Belt.
cre ase .
We now have a sso cia tio n s not
only o f cap ital and labor, tiut also
1 lie hells oi ilie P eru v ian “Jazz
m o th ers’ leagues, p aren ts' leagues, con ­
o rch e stra w ere o f copper, with pel.
leagues,
w rite rs’
leugues.
hies for ciup|iers.
T h e re w ere r a t­ su m ers'
tles. m ade o f sm all shelf*, fiuts, seed-. T h e re nre leagues based on every pos­
\ o., which were worn a tta ch e d to ill-* sib le ro le which one may play In life,
w hether in business, p o litics, society,
wrists,, an k les hu i o th er iports iif tin
In m I v in (lum ini;. Gourds Hlied with m arriag e or s p o r t ; hut h ereto fo re, so
fa r a s we can learn by exh au stiv e re­
pebhh *> w ere used u> hm id-n Itti*«
search , th ere lias been no effort to o r­
S h e lls w ere s tn ir k togetIner like cyrn
11 *
All m•uni eolie* lion almi ganize on a b asis o f physical c h a ra c ­
liai.».
te ristic s , if n few Jo lly Fut M en's clubs
ro u tait)* tiftitv >nmll bronze filar*.
Ml 1 ». Il 11y concavo co n v ex .
|M*r tie excep ted .
with
T h e tendency to organize on n basis
fora te<il projet-! h »n» by W Ill' ll H»e>
e\ itleiiH)
w ere
NUMpended.
When o f h a ir color, th erefo re, I* a thing of
great and alarm ing p o ssib ilities, es|>e-
strin k wiin any Inm) m j I■smini • the)
out u rai iitirkably c le a r MIX1 cliilly If red-headed women tak e tlie
.
lead In tlie m a tte r.
Im agine If you
resomi ut solimi
can an Insu rrection o f th e In te rn a ­
Wh*-reas anion kr u* Ibe fad i>f tin
tion al O rder o f Ked Headed \\'omen.
1 day in tin* ukvlcie, the P eru v ia n s of
And th is organization o f red-headed
" T H E GOOD O l.H |)A YS" del.glited
women into clu bs will undoubtedly in­
! m perform ing on Hie hu ayra puhurii,
ten sify what you might cull the hnir
or
Tin* pi|M*» w ere
mid
class-feelin g .
The
O rd er
of
the
; c 1« hm d
und m ade o f hone or rant*,
Holden F le e ce will no doubt m ake a
■nd. In one known In stan ce o f atom*.
p retty thorough study o f all tlie data
I lilt**.*» of can e, or lame and o f
tieartng on red-headedness, and each
gourd Mere ul^» popultir. They were
jierson will com e aw ay from Its g a th ­
r*r\e«|
lii a v ariety o f
im ita *tic
erings with a c le a re r notion o f the s|>e-
«Itapeo. A num ber o f the bone flute*«
rla l d estiny w hich her flam ing top bus
whleh
have Inn n found have atop
prescribed fo r tier.
hole* f*u the fTnd«*r side, Apparently
T h a t Old Saying, Y ’ Know.
mount to l»e e lo *ttl by the thumb.
T h e re seem s long to have i>ecn a
T h ey a re very prim itive Instru m en t*,
i not produelng a tru e o r
com plete sort o f general agreem ent tlm t red-
.‘ eadeil persons have pecu liar c h a ra c ­
w a le . T h at I be P eru v iana w ere able
te ris tic * .
It 1» generally believed, fo r
to realize th eir ahortcom Pt^a to at
exam ple, th at they have hot tcn q ier*
ien*l some ex te n t Hppears n the fact
that In a«me ln *lrtu n e o t* a tem p t* f** and stro ng em otions generally, in the
last cen tu ry a sim ile In common use
•
• n
w as “e a sy a s m aking love to a red­
•
headed
girl.”
S in ce
the ri»c
of
of ffoiird nnd «iib*fltuYe<l by other
the N ietzsche Sbnw -M encken school of
« -
M oreover, It 1» t i • \*e re
philosophy. Which holds that wornnn is
*
of the Instru m en t*, w j e d Hy tho«e a dangerous p red ato ry anim al, te n t on
hunting man down and m aking a
•
•
slav e o f him, till* gen erally has been
lone qim lltle*.
}
*•. / '
revised to rand “dangerous a s m aking
love to a rad-headed g irl."
In crease V ncya^d A cr ig e
W hatev er b a -ls th is saying may have
In Hie exp erien ce o f man. It Is am ple
Fan
F r;u .c l- o .— Inform a oti th st
evidence of a gen eral popular feelin g
! app roxim ately 175.000 ad dlti us I acre*
j will be devoted to v in eyar.
in t 'l l -
that red hendedness Is a q u ality o f tlie
; Ifo m lo th is y ear bus l>eo
brought
rrlnd and tem peram ent a s well a s of
b e fo re probildtion o ffic ia ls * ..-re, a c­ the hair.
F o r som e reason, th e re Is
A gold medal w as presented to C a p e Em m anuel J . O ppenheim er. oldest cord ng to re|<orts m ade pt Hr.
no sim ilar popular Idea regarding
T iie high p rice o f wine g ,.e* was
o th er h a ir colors, but scien tific re­
living F o ile d .-States war velerai». Hie o th e r day b> C om m ander W. F E'ghm ey
-e grow-
search show * th a t h air is a great re-
In b e h alf o f A rgonne p<>»t. V e te ran * o f F o reign W ars. O p t s In O ppenheim er said to have been given by
| e rs fo r tiie Increased s c r
e. A
re a le r o f c h a ra c te r In an Indirect way.
served in t i e M exican w ar He is »t own here with ins grand dau ghter.
• Oldest War Veteran Is Honored
ii
Human.
Sh epherd svllle. K y.— W alter Ib'bv
o f L eech es cam e upon a flock o f wood­
p e ck e rs d rinking su g ar w ater from a
su g ar tree. They seem ed to lie In to xi­
cated and fight a fte r fight w as staged.
Koby Investigated ami found th at fe r ­
m entation hail given tlie w ater a great
kick .
Indians in Peru
Knew ot Jazz
KNEW NOTHING CF STRINGS
America’s New Cardinal Returns From Rome
T h a t Is, It show s w hat race predom ­
in a te s in the m ake-up of the individ­
ual, nnd th e re fo re w hat racial tra its he
may be exp ected to have.
T h is, It appears. Is less true o f the
red-headed Hum o f e ith e r blondes or
b ru n ettes.
Ked headedness occu rs lu
both blonde and bru n ette races, ns a
sort o f sp ort-color, it docs seem to
bo asso ciated gen erally with certain
em otional and nervous c h a ra c te ris tics ,
iiut th ese a re p ecu liar to the reds of
all ra c e s. T h a t they nre by no m eans
n e ce ssarily disadvan tageous Is shown
by the grant num ber of su ccessfu l red­
headed men and th e well- knowu popu­
la rity o f red headed women.
Itut black luilr or blonde hair Is dis­
tin ctly In d icativ e o f race , and It Is only
by such physical c h a ra c te r is tic s that
race may he d etected these days. Knee
now con fo rm s to n ational boundaries
very little .
It would he easy to find
an Irishm an and a G erm an who were
e f e x a c tly the sam e racial type, and
two Irishm en who w ere as d ifferen t
racially a s un Ita lia n and a Sw ede.
C h a ra cte ris tic s of R acs.
T h e re ure th re e p rincipal ra c e s In
E u n qie, accord ing to tlie anth ropolo­
g ists— the N ordic, the Alpine uud the
M ed iterran ean .
T h e N ordics a re the
fall blonde tuen w ith long heads un­
live to the north, ns fo r exam ple Hie
typ ical F ru ssla n or N orwegian.
T lie
A lpines a re a sh o rt, stocky ra c e with
brown lialr nnd fiat heads Inhabiting
east cen tra l E urope, ns fo r exam ple a
typical S w iss p easan t.
T h e M edlter-
rnnt ans ore n sh o rt, d ark, long-headed
race. Inhabiting tlie south o f Europe,
us fo r exam ple, u typ ical ltullnn. In
addition to th ese th e re nre many o th er
races In sm aller num bers, such ns the
Old llliiek B reed In Irelan d und the un­
d e n t Iberian ra ce In Spain, l>ut these
have bad relativ ely little Influence on
Hie m ass o f E uropean and A m erican
population. T lie o th er three ra c e s are
mixed badly all through cen tral and
w estern E urope and In the United
S ta tes.
H air colo r Is significant ns showing
w hether
N ordic
or
M editerranean
blood pred om inates in Hie Individual.
It d 's's not rev eal tlie p resence o f
Alpine blood so read ily fo r the Alpine
stock usually show brown h air o f an
In term ed iate nnd Indeterm inate shade.
T lie sh ap e o f the head should he most
valuable in d etectin g that p articu lar
strain .
T h e N ordic and the M editerranean
stock s have d ifferen t q u alities, acco rd ­
ing to th e anth ro p o lo g ists. T h e Nord­
ics a re noted fo r th e ir com bat I veness.
th e ir organizing a b ility and th eir sense
of ord er. T h e M ed iterran ean ra c e on
the o th er hand Is noted fo r Its a rtis tic
and m usical a b ility , and Its cre ativ e
genius gen erally, w hile In w ar and gov­
ernm ent It Is not so conspicuously suc­
cessfu l.
It Is th e theory o f som e
» d e n tis ts th a t n early nil the great
E uropean governm ent* were organized
by N ordlrs.
T hey say thnt Hie o rig­
inal R om ans w ere N ordics from the
north, snd th at when tills stock died
out. due to sn u n favo rable clim ate, the
Homan governm ent collapsed.
T h is
p retty theo ry lias never been proved.
of form and color, u d elicate e a r fo r
sound.
It Is well to study h air color ns one
m ore key to the m ystery o f p ersonal­
ity, hut let us hope th at th e tendency
to draw hair-color lines will not spread,
and Uiut th e O rder o f the Golden
F le e ce will rem ain local.
WEDDING SHOCKS QUAKER 400
Philad elp hia B elle M arries Cowboy
W ith N otches on Gun, an*
Everything.
P h ilad elp h ia.— Who Is B u ste r E ste s T
W hen th e news th at F ra n ces 8. M enrs,
prom inent society girl, hud been mnr-
rled to a cow -puncher nam ed B u ste r
E ste s reached here P hilad elp hia city
folk gasped.
T lie cerem ony wns perform ed at
Ja c k s o n 's Hole, \V,vo„ on M arch IS*,
w here the young couple a re spending
th e ir honeymoon on the bridegroom 's
big ranch.
According to Dr. H arvey J . B u tte of
th is c ity , the cow puncher bridegroom
Is everyth in g th at the movie fiend
dream s about.
l ie holds several cham pionships fo r
horsem anship. Is a ticud »hot with a
record o f having killed three horse
thieves. Is also a v eteran o f the W orld
w ar nnd “can lick Ills weight In w ild­
c a ts ."
BLOWN UP BY HIS OWN BOMB
Italian A narchist Torn to P ieces
A ttem pt to Destroy Home
Of Engineer.
In
T u rin , Itn ly .— M ario F a c ts , an an­
a rc h ist, w as blown to | leces by a bomb
w hich he w as tryin g to explode ag ain st
the house o f Sig n o r dl B en edetto, an
en g in eer In th is city. During the pe-
rlod o f d isord ers here Inst Septem ber,
when w orkm en occupied many m etal
fa c to rie s .
Signor dl B en ed etto de­
fended Ills fa cto ry ag ain st an a tta c k
and killed tw o |s>rsons. H e wns la te r
tried mid acqu itted . It having been
found th a t he acted In self-d efen se.
F u rta w as tw enty y e ars old and wns
ip cen tly ex|>ellod from F ra n c e fo r hav­
ing form ed a sectio n o f the ltullnn So­
c ia list p arty in Lyon. P olice au th o ri­
tie s discovered six m ore bombs hid­
den n earby ,
liesldes a num ber o f
pam phlets nnd new spapers nnd n hook
giving d irection s fo r Ihe m nnufuctura
u t explosives.
T urkey Hen Lays.
F alm o u th , K y.— S irs. A. H. S te p h ­
ens, form erly o f tills county hut now
residing in K enton county, has a blue
tu rkey hen (hut laid U0 eggs la s t
spring nnd then raised a brood o f
young turkeys.
S h e h as a bronze turkey hen th at bra
gnn laying April 1 nnd laid co n tln 'l-
ously up to Nov. 17. a to tal o f l i d
eggs. D uring all th is tim e the hen did
not show any Inclination to “s e t."
Sun Cooks Scientist's
Meals on Novel Stove
W ashington.— A dvantages
of
th e Old Sol cook stove. o|iernted
21 hours a day on sun heat
alone, w ere explained to th e
N ational Academy o f S cie n ce s
here by Dr. C. O. Abbot o f the
Sm ithson ian Institution.
T lie device is a * yet a lux-
tiry, he adm itted, hut added th at
M rs. Abbot had done everything
but fry on the so lar cook stove
a t Mount W ilson. C al. He d is­
played a can o f henna, saying
they w ere so lar cook stove
canned, looked good and “tasted
b e tte r."
'I he ap: ii t
D •< 'or At '.ot
said , w as a "concav e, parabolic,
cy lln d rlc
re fle cto r"
through
w hich rim a tu be o f ordinary
cylin d er oil to absorb heat from
th e reflecto r snd tlien apply If to
the cooking -com partm ent. In­
su latio n retain in g heat In the oil
over night.
Cooking tem p eratu re*
were
au to m atically regulated by a
float device, he said, while a sim ­
ple clockw ork m echanism kept
th e reflecto r pointed to the sun.
S u b je c t L ittla Understood.
In fa c t. Hie w hole m a tte r c f race
c h a ra c te ris tic s Is little understood.
T y p ically , a tall Monde man should
he n good execu tiv e, a reliab le, ron-
ad en tto n s fellow , not apt to get ex-
rlted or act suddenly on Impulse, hut
ra th e r lack in g In im agination and en-
. I
should
tie found ra th e r In a brunette.
Y'ou can find much to con trad ict this
notion, and you can dlsrnt»* It w ith a
*h rug If you wish to.
B ut yno can
find also by common observation som e
fa c ts to support It.
F o r exam ple. Is It
w ithout sig nificance that the eng in eers
of ocean-going b o a t*—men on whom
many liv e* depend — a re alm ost a l­
ways blond m en—e ith e r Scotchm en or
S can d in av ian *.
And how m any such
tall blood S«-ots and Sw edes will you
find lu such occu p ations as designing.
In terior d ecorating, teach in g and p er­
form ing mualc, which requ ires a sen se
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