The Hermiston herald., December 29, 1921, Image 2

Scientists TeSt
Sight of Bees
which most attracted the bees by
their colors or scent were pollenated in
greatest numbers, while those less at­
tractive received fewer visits from the
bees and tended to die off. In each gen­
eration the flowers which pleased the
bees most would be "selected" to live.
These "selected" parents would have
offspring, some brighter than them­
selves, so me about the same as them­
Research Is Expected to Last for selves and some less bright (that Is, of
course, bright from the standpoint of
Years and to Establish Just What
the bee, whose standards of brightness
Bee or Moth Can See or
might differ greatly from ours). The
Not See.
*
action of the bees, tending to preserve i
Dog
Receives
Snake’s
t
the
prettiest
colors,
would
make
each
t
i
New York.—A series of delicate ex­
Fangs
to
Protect
Lad
generation of flowers slightly lovelier
0
periments will soon be started by three
i
than Its predecessors, thus producing
t
eminent American scientists to dis­
Hayward,
Cal.—A
new
niche
Anally
the
gorgeous
natural
varieties
t
cover whether bees and other Insects
has been set aside in the ball of t *
are color-blind or not. The scientists tn existence today.
This theory had been accepted for tt fame of dogdom for Joan of Arc,
who are now busy Inventing devices
many years, but recently it has been 0 an Airedale dog owned by Frank i0
for testing the vision of bees are Dr.
rudely shaken. Investigations tn Ger­ /0 Belval of Hayward.
à
F. E. Lutz, a biologist of the Ameri­
Belval, his thlrteen-year-old
many and Belgium have made it doubt­
can Museum of Natural History; Dr.
ful whether a bee can tell one color
son, Robert, and the dog set out t
J. Arthur Harris, an entomologist of
from another, or whether the flowers 4 on a hiking trip from the Bolinas t
the Carnegie Institution, and Prof. F.
which are gorgeous to human eyes have ii valley ranch one Sunday after­ t
K. Rlchtmyer of Cornell University, a
any power, by reason of their coloring i noon. At a sharp turn In the
physicist and specialist In color vision.
to attract the attention of the bees at it trail Belvel heard the warning
They form the committee on the bio­
all. The results have so far been so 9 signal of a coiled rattlesnake.
logical relations between flowers and
i
uncertain, however, that the American ! He Jumped aside barely In time. *
Insects of the National Research coun­
scientists and Institutions agreed that i Before he could seize his son the
cil.
tt was necessary to make a far-reach­ i snake struck. But the faithful fi
Their tests of the sight of Insects
i dog, seemingly sensing the dan­ t
One of the newest bride» among the are expected to last for years and to ing study of the whole subject.
t
Biologists have attempted to account i ger, met the snake in midair, re­ t *
"movie" »tare 1» pretty Dorie May. The establish Just what a bee or a moth
THE FRIENDLY PATH.
wlneome actrees now preeidea over a can see and what It cannot see. These for the coloring of many Insects or it ceiving its poisonous fangs upon fi
“love neat” In the film colony at Holly- years of elaborate experimentation animals, as well as flowers, on the i the lips. One shake and the dog fi
By WALTER L. ROBINSON
fi
wood, Calif. Dorie ie a Seattle, Wash, have not been planned by the National principle of “natural selection.” The 4i had killed the rattler.
girl. Her father was a San Francisco Research Council and undertaken by plumage of birds and the colors of
According to Belvel, the snake
t
. ,e-r* HE rich will do anything
possessed nine rattles and was fi
newapaper man.
three eminent scientists solely for the fishes aid In courtship, mating and the
I for the poor except get
t almost a yard long.
Increase
of
the
species.
Zebras,
gi­
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First aid
purpose of ascertaining a bee’s optical
off their backs.”
raffes and thousands of types of I * applied to the wounded dog fi
equipment
A
greater
question
lies
This statement once was made
animals, birds and Insects have
saved Its life.
fi
behind. The controversy about the
THE RIGHT THING
by Tolstoi, the famous ltussian
camouflage or protective coloration t
bee’s
sight
It
Is
said.
Involves
the
writer, often lauded as the
at the
which makes It difficult for their
validity of the whole theory of natural
greatest friend of the worklng-
RIGHT
TIME
selection.
mnn In the world.
The evolution of man from the
What would he say or* write
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
lower animals and the evolution of all
today were he alive to see the
plant and animal life from a primitive
hundreds of thousands of starv­
form of life originating on earth bit
ing women and children In his
CANDY MANNERS.
lions or hundreds of millions of years
native land crying In vain for
ago are almost universally believed by
F e a st of n ectar 'd sw eets.—Milton.
“a hunk of black bread and a
scientists, but the hypothesis that the
draft of bird-seed tea?”
T IS a usual question for a young evolution was brought about almost
One need not seek the rich
girl to write asking who should take solely by the process of natural selec­
men In order to find those who
the first piece of candy from a box tion has come under attack recently
mistreat the unfortunate poor.
through a region of space almost en­
brought to her by a young man caller. from many quarters. This Is where Dr. Harlow Shapley, Harvard tirely free from such material, so that
Lenin und Trotzky have bam­
the
bee’s
sight
becomes
important.
And when you come to think of IL
boozled thousands Into follow­
the sun's rays beat with full force on
Observatory Director, Dis­
Theory on "Selected” Flower.
there are a good many puzzling things
ing them until the great power
the earth, probably making the polnr
The theologian holds generally that
Involved In the problems connected
of the Russian people was vir­
cusses Climate Changes.
regions pleasant and the rest of the
the
beautiful
colors
of
the
flowers
with a box of candy.
tually wrested from them to be
earth unlivably hot. At present the
were
placed
there
by
the
Creator
for
To begin with, If a man brings a
turned upon their own homes.
sun ts apparently moving through a
the
delight
of
man.
The
biologist
has
girl a box of candy, she usually opens
Wealth Is not to blame for
part of space thinly scattered with In­
It while he Is present. She then passes generally denied this, and argued that
most of the injustices visited
terplanetary materials.
It to any other women In the room, the colors are there because they at­
upon humanity. Most of those
An Age of Murk.
tract
the
attention
of
bees.
The
visits
then tcbthe man, and then she helps
who possess more than the
A few million years ago. according
of
the
bees
result
in
carrying
pollen
herself. If he, when she passes It,
average of material things nre
Earth Cooled Off During Long Periods to Doctor Shapley, the earth, the sun
holds it for her to take a piece, she from one flower to another, which
aids to our happiness and civil­
and the other planets were moving
When Sun, Earth and Other
does so. If the candy comes by mail fertilizes the seeds. Unless they re­
ization. It’s the clumoring after
through a murk which ts observed by
Planets Passed Through
ceive
the
pollen
the
seeds
do
not
grow.
or messenger, she opens tt, of course,
wealth that turns the world up­
astronomers In the constellation of
Region of Dust Clouds.
The
cumbrous
phrase
of
“natural
se­
and does not wait until he calls, even
side down and tramples unfor­
Orion. Tilts is one of many vast black
lection"
in
this
case
Is
Intended
to
de­
If she knows who the candy comes
tunates underfoot.
pockets, or “coal sacks,” in the sky,
New York.—A new theory relating some of which may be detected by the
from before opening It, and knows scribe a process probably millions of
As far back ns history re­
years old, under w’hlcb the flowers to one of the greatest mysteries about
cords some have had more than
likewise that the donor Is to call.
naked eye. Behind this veil In Orion
Perhaps the most important thing to
the past of the earth has been offered are 70 faint stars which vary In in­
others. It will always be thus.
by Dr. Harlow Shapley, the measurer tensity. They average about 800 light
remember in connection with the good
Few of those who clamor most
of the universe, whose appointment as years (about 180,000,000.000.000 miles)
for a “fair” distribution would
manners connected with candy Is that
Hits Wrong Auto Pedal;
director of the Harvard observatory from the earth, which Is a moderate
the person who always greedily eats
be sutistled If given what they
candy and never buys tt is very 111
claim Is their share. Nor would
was announced recently.
Goes Into River; Dies
distance astronomically, and many of
This mystery concerns the changes them would probably be very bright,
bred. It Is the week-end custom for
they keep it long If they got It.
of climate over millions of years, except for the curtain of dark mate­
Financial gains can only be
some men to bring home a box of
New York. — Becoming con­
which at one time caused the polar Ice­ rial hung between them and the earth.
honestly acquired by contribut­
candy. In some families there Is one
fused as she drove her automo­
cap to extend as far south as New The density of the curtain apparently
ing something to mankind In
candy-loving member who lies In wait
bile on to the driveway on the
York and at other times warmed the varies, from the manner In which the
return for It and by Improving
for the weekly sweets und eats as
ferryboat Weehawken and plac­
arctic region so thoroughly that the stars behind It are flickering. At the
many pieces as she can get. She tukes
one’s frame of mind.
ing her foot on the accelerator
animals and vegetation of the temper­ densest, the black nebulae are believed
The world Is not nil wrong b.v
one every time the box Is passed, and
Instead of the brake, a young
ate zone could live there, as shown by to be very rare, large stretches of
a great deal. Mnny nre Just
perhaps helps herself between times.
woman believed to be Miss Edith
thinking and living wrongly.
fossil remains In that region.
Now It Is quite ull right to accept
B. Stewart of Wllkesbarre, Pa.,
vacuum separating the particles of
The earth has been cooled off during matter. Still they are sufficient, be­
Their unhappiness Is the fruit
candy. If you like IL when It is passed.
high school teacher, crashed
long periods, according to this theory cause of the great space ttiey occupy,
of their selfishness.
But you should not eat more than your
through the Iron chains and car
(Copyright.)
when the sun, the earth and the other to blot out stars, and some astron­
and driver disappeared under
share, and you should not eat even
planets were passing through regions omers believe the sky would be blind­
the waters of the Hudson river.
this much if you are not in the habit
of space filled with clouds of dust or ingly brilliant except for the smoky
Air bubbles and a number of
occasionally of standing treat yourself.
dark, nebulous material, which cut off patches. The black spot In Orion ts
roses and carnations floated to
You should. If you have a sweet tooth
enough of the sun’s heat to freeze calculated to be vastly greater than
the surface. The body and the
and eat other people s sweets, provide
most of the globe. At other times, our solar system.
car were recovered.
a box full of your own occasionally.
apparently, the solar system moved
Candy Is one of the gifts that a man
In a brief account of his theory In
may give a woman—candy, flowers and
the Journal of Geology, Doctor Shap­
hooks constitute the conventional trio.
ley said that It Is calculated that “a
Dy DOUGLAS MALLOCH
Nobody wonders If the donor of a box
few million years ago onr snn was in
of candy to a girl Is thinking of fall­
the vicinity of the Orion nebulae; at
its present speed the snn would re­
ing In love with her. Candy nowa­
LIVE LIKE A ROSE.
quire nearly, a million years to pass
days Is quite the correct and accepted
through that particular nebulous re­
lift from anybody that can afford IL
HE year Is coming to a close;
gion.” After showing how starlight Is
The days are falling one by And no girl nwd feel hesitant about
cut off at present by billions of miles
accepting candy in this way. Of course,
one
of dust-clonds In Orion. Doctor Shap­
If she thinks a roan cannot afford it,
Like petals of a dying rose,
ley proceeded to snggest how the
hut buys It for her simply because lie
A bloom that still In beauty goes
earth would fare when our solar sys­
thinks he ought to, she might suggest
When all her garden days are done.
tem moved through the same region.
to him thut he really should not In­
dulge her sweet tooth so often. And
Effect of Dust Clouds.
And what Is life? It ts a year.
never, never should a girt hint for
“A change of 20 per cent tn the
However many years It spnn—
sweets. There are some girls who
solar radiation,” said Doctor Shapley,
In childhood's springtime to appear.
cannot pass a candy store window with­
“If maintained for a considerable
To live the summer of a man.
out casting longing glances at them,
period of years, would sufficiently al­
And then to feel the autumn here.
and sometimes even commenting on
ter terrestrial temperature to bring
their fondness for candy.
No man
about or remove an Ice-sheet; an 80
And what ts «loath? Tb# final day
should feet rude In Ignoring these
per cent change, unless counteracted
Of life’s short year, a day like those
symptom«.
by concurrent changes In the terri­
When summer puts her garb away
It ts not necessary to write a note
torial atmosphere, would completely
And winter winds begin to play
thanking a man for a gift of CMndy If
desiccate or congeal the surface of the
Tholr wild, tempestuous harmonies.
he follows the gift shortly with a
earth.
call. The thanks should not be for­
Doctor Shapley offered this theory
Live like the rose: The roses bloom
gotten, but they may he delivered ver­
as an addition to mnny other causes
Not for themselves but for the earth.
of climatic change discussed hy Dr.
(C o p y rig h t)
Pink lamps that garden walls Illume— bally.
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W. J. Humphreys of the United States
A decoration for our inlrtlt,
weather bureau.
A holy solace for the tomb.
There are apparent flaws In nearly
A LINE 0 ’ CHEER
I all the theories which have been put
Die like a rose: Its petals fall.
forward. None of them account for
But It Is sweetness to the end—
By John Kendrick
the many far-reaching changes In
Oh. tt ts something, after alt.
climate Indicated by the geological
To be a rose beside the wall.
Experiments Expected to Have
Important Bearing on
Natural Selection.
COLOR-BLINDNESS AT ISSOE
Something to
Think .About
By F. A. WALKER
THE ENNOBLING QUEST
INCE the banishment of Adam and
Eve from the garden of Eden,
there has been a quest among
their kind which has continued wlth-
sut intermission.
In this question there Is at every
turn of our hands and every shift of
our eyes, signs of fear, doubt and
jrfied. Time lightens not the labor of
It, but the chuse continues. All hu­
mans are in the struggle, seeking
something—a cherished Ideal or some
tangible substance which they would
gladly clasp to their bosoms und call
their own. But the reward Is for the
faithful.
The faithful and those who heed the
teachings of the Golden ltule plod
»long uncomplainingly, steudlly and si­
lently like the tides. They accept
conditions and do their best.
They know not the petrifying feur
thut makes iuorul cowards of the lag­
gards, who shirk duty and are
»shamed to soil their liunds with the
grime of honest toll.
The commandment which says, “six
Says shalt thou labor” bus no terrors
for them, so they shoulder their bur­
dens and march on to the end with
clean souls and smiling faces.
These are the real workers, the salt
of the earth, the fulthful and the
trusting, the builders of nations.
Life to them Is endurable.
It Is
sweet In »he morning when the sun
gilds the east, seductive nt night when
they are tired and sleep conies unbid­
den and carries them to the land of
dreams.
They make agreeable friendships
tmoug their co-workers, und always
have friends at home who are glad to
welcome tl.eni.
Their quest resolves Itself Into one
of love, and In holding fast to divine
precepts, It soon becomes their absorb­
ing ambition. Their hearts are attuned
to heaven's music.
They have no wish to pile up gold,
no greed that sours life, no fear of
the outcome of their endeavors, no
preference, except to do the will of the
muster and patiently await his re­
ward at the end of their earthly Jour­
ney.
The Idle know nothing of the su­
preme Joys of those who labor and
love. If you would have for your own
the happiness which pays the richest
dividends In life, let the ennobling
guest of labor and love be yours until
the end.
S
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YOUR HAND
How to Read Your Characteristics
and Tendencies—the Capabilities or
Weaknesses That Make for Succese
or Failure as Shown in Your Palm.
THE HAND OF A LAWYER.
O JUDGE whether a person la
fitted for success In the profes­
sion of law, note whether the
hand possesses the following charac­
teristics :
The second phalanx of the thumb
(between the first or nail Joint, and
the rest of the hand) should be long,
strong and well proportioned. This
Indicates good reasoning power, a logi­
cal mind, and strong Intellect general­
ly. Now, as the will power In a lawyer
must he strong. If he or she ts to at­
tain any rank In the chosen profes­
sion. the first phalanx of the thumb
must also be markedly strong aud
well developed.
Next, proceed to an Inspection of
the Line of the Head. Necessarily,
this must be good. Eloquence must ac­
company the successful career In the
law, and thia la Indicated by various
signs, on# of them being a decided
line running between the second pha­
lanx of the little finger and the third.
T
(C o p y rig h t)
enemies to detect them at a distance.
The curious coloring of the skunk ts
supposed to warn his enemies that hs
has developed a wicked art of self-
defense. while at the same time his
colors blend with the twilight, so that
the skunk makes a natural pan of the
skyline to the mice and Insects on
which be preys. The light of the
lady glowworm Is her matrimonial ad­
vertisement.
While evolution explains thousands
of these things, it has many hard nuts
to crack. One thing hard to explain,
for Instance, is the beauty of the pearl,
which grows inside the body of the
oyster. The pearl is really the mauso­
leum of a parasite which has Invaded
the shellfish and is elaborately Inurned
by it in lustrous calcium carbonate,
slightly different from the material of
which the oyster makes its shell.
Dust Cause of
Ages of Cold
I
MYSTERY PUZZLE TO SCIENCE
LYRICS OF LIFE
U. S. S. California Seen Bows-on
T
Beside the way to be a friend.
(Copyright.)
-O -
cruel »
"My boy has a
wonderful ear for
music.”
"Perhaps. But
he doesn’t play
with his ears”
IT
O
OUT OF THE ASHES.
F F on tho »hell-torn Bold» of
Franca.
,
.
H ard by a eharrad and ahat-
(cred m a n « .
V p from tha m ldat o f ashen «loom
I saw a porfact roao tn bloom.
And B M W tharoby the» If from £ "
Tb» form o f beauty m ay rise again
8o too from sorrow d»ep may wo
Emerge, a r d rise irlu m p h aatly.
(C opyright.)
A period of volcanic activity might
cause an age of cold, according to Doc­
tor Humphreys. He calls attention to
the fact that the great volcano of
Tomhoro In the Malay Archipelago In
1815 darkened the sky during the day
and night for three days for a dis­
A remarkable bowicon view of the superdreadnaught California, at an­ tance o f » » miles and produced a
chor In San Diego bay. which gives a real Idea of the floating fort »i great long season of cold because o f the ef­
bulk and width. She la «7% feet wltVe. or about 50 per cent wider than a fect of the atmoapheric dust In Inter­
cepting the sun s rays.
wide city atreet
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