SEEN
and
HEARD
ardund the
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
By Carter Field ^
Up In New York state there Is n
goml deal of talk at the moment
about James W. Wadsworth, Jr., for
President. Some of the editorials
from upstate New York papers are
even selecting the Vice Presidential
candidate to run along with Wads
worth ! It Is Gov. Alf M. London
of Kansas. So for this “slate" has
not percolated to the Sunflower
state.
All of which is reminiscent of
the time Calvin Coolldge called In
Senator William K. Borah, and
asked him to Join hi in on the Re
publican ticket. Whereupon Borah
Is alleged to have said. “In which
place?”
But In New York the Wadsworth
Idea Is no joke whatever. In the
first place, the New Yorkers ap
preciate fully the value of their 47
electoral votes, and the fact that
they may be decisive In the next
electoral college ballot. In the sec
ond place, they appreciate a great
many things which are not so well
understood outside New York.
One, for example, Is the old
friendship between Alfred K. Smith
and Wadsworth. It dates hack a
great many years. Another Is the
way Wadsworth cnme to lose out In
his last race for the senate. In 1926.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, former
Judge, was the candidate against
him. But Wagner’s plurality over
W'adsworth was less than the num
ber of Independent Republican dry
votes polled by a third party ticket.
This ticket was put up for the ex
press purjMme of beating Wads
worth. who at the time was re
garded as one of the great wet
leaders. Which Is more significant
If one remembers that this was
just two years before the Iloover
Al Smith election, which marked the
all time high water mark of the
dry movement.
New Yorkers friendly to Wads
worth, now a prominent member of
the minority In the house, point out
that It would be very difficult for
Tammany llall to deliver Its full
strength at the pedis against Wads
worth and for Roosevelt, even as
suming thut something happens be
tween now and election day to make
Tammany Hall wunt Roosevelt re
elected. For at the present moment
It Is a matter of supreme Indiffer
ence to Tammany who Is In the
White House. It lias not forgotten
that It was Roosevelt and Farley—
and Joseph V. McKee—who are
responsible for their not having the
mayoralty now, and It Is the may
or's office, fnr more than the White
House, that Interests the Tammany
lads. That’s where the milk for
the Tiger cubs comes from.
The Cate of Wadsworth
Those who advocate Wadsworth’s
nomination are assuming two tilings,
neither of which is accepted at face
value hy outsiders One Is that the
dry resentment against Wadsworth
has died away—that there Is no mi
nority of angry dry ItepuhllcunH
willing to rut him regardless of
every other Issue, and therefore ca
pable of endangering the electoral
vote of the state.
The other Is that the woman suf
fragists have entirely forgotten his
strong opposition to the Nineteenth
amendment—and forgotten that Ids
wife was the outspoken president
of the woman’s organization op
posed to extending the suffrage to
the gentler sex.
The question here Is not whether
either of these groups comprise a
majority of New York’s electorate,
nor whether both together do. That
is not the wny political factors
work. The significance lies In wheth
er these two groups will not pro
duce a sufficient total, crossing over
party lines, to defeat Wadsworth
If he were the nominee.
Curiously enougli most persons
agree that neither his wet nor his
anti-suffruge stund would hurt
Wadsworth—now—in any other
state. It is not a question of is
sues, nor the Importance of where
he stands on them. It Is a question
of old animosities, of a personal
nature.
But no one knows more ubout
them than the very people who are
now beginning to talk Wadsworth,
which, to say the least, is interest
ing.
Reacts Against League
Tremendously Increased appropri
ations for the army and navy, par
ticularly on airplanes, tanks, heavy
guns and all forms of war supplies
which require n considerable length
of time for production, will result,
curiously enougli. from r«>cent ac
tions by the League of Nations—
the muin object of which was sup
posed to be the preservation of
peace and the consequent lessening
of urmament burdens.
The answer here is a widespread
public reaction against the league.
In favor of the United States being
prepared to defend Itself.
At no time since 1018 was senti
ment in favor of the League of
Nations so strong in this country as
it was just a few weeks ago, when
apparently the league was taking
a strung stand against Italy ns the
aggressor in the Italo-Ethloplan
war, For the first time since 1920,
people began to talk about the Unit
ed States eventually becoming a
member.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull found their neutral
ity policy strongly endorsed all
over the country, with many ed
itorial comments and a flood of In
dividual letters Insisllng the United
States should go further—should co
operate with the league to the ut
most to preserve peace.
Then came the league’s peace
proposal, which, nccordlng to the
same canvass of editorials and rend
ing of letters, was regarded a* a
shameful surrender to Imperialism,
as a partitioning of the nnn-ng
gresslve nation In the conflict. In
fact, ns a reversion to the worst
and most disliked—in America—
type of Old World diplomacy, .fust
the sort of thing, many editorial
and letter writers Insist, from
which the United Slates should
keep clear.
Favor Preparedness
This, probably, was a naturnl pub
lic reaction, hut the surprising part
Is the Insistence that the United
States go in more strongly for pre
paredness. Sentiment for a strong
army and navy has always been vig
orous In the Atlantic and Pucillc
coast states, hut this last Interna
tional maneuver seems to have
stirred up also the middle country,
which has always been the citadel
of pacifism, and of little army and
navy sentiment.
It Just so huppens that this tits
In rather well with several Ideas of
the President. Mr. Roosevelt is
more sympathetic with both army
anil navy, though especially the lat
ter, than any President In recent
times. Moreover, as assistant sec
retary of the navy during the
World war period, Mr. Roosevelt
had first-hand experience with the
difficulty of getting war supplies
speedily when needed.
Another reason why Mr. Rouse
velt Is sympathetic has nothing to
do with preparedness, hut with
business recovery. The President
has frequently told friends that
the hardest nut to crack In the
whole recovery program was to get
the so-called heavy Industries busy
and employing workers. He has fre
quently dwelt on the overbuilding
of hotels, apartment houses, office
buildings, etc., In most American
cities. He has pointed out that
mnny other lines using the products
of the heavy Industries had expand
ed so much Just before the depres
sion that they will not be active
buyers for several years to come.
So heavy government purchases
of these heavy war supplies will
help tremendously on the work re
lief program.
Railroad Oratory
Railroads will come Into n lot of
oratory at this session of congress,
though no one knows at the mo
ment whether any of the score or
more of proposals that will be se
riously considered will be en
acted.
One of the Interesting questions
which must be settled one way or
the other, for the shuttle reason
that If nothing happens the existing
law expires, concerns Coordinator
Joseph It. Eastman. Ills office, and
the law creating It, tile In June.
The railroads have no particular
objection to Eastman. They rather
like him. Rut If the law expires he
will still he an Important member
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, so that Is not so Important to
them.
Railroad labor, however, Is ver>
much interested in Eastman person
ally. The point Is that Eastman
was supposed, under the law, to
work out a lot of practices by which
the railroads, through co-operating
with each other Instead of com
peting, could save a lot of useless
work. Fear of the unemployment
that might result caused labor to
tight for an amendment to the law,
which was adopted, forbidding the
firing of any employee as a result
of such economies. The result was
that though certain changes were
made looking toward economies, the
railroads could cut the main Item
of cost, pay roll, only when em
ployees died or resigned.
Want 6-Hour Day
The labor lobby, therefore, Is more
Interested In a big tight It will stage
for the six-hour day, the first
change since the Adamson eight
hour day In 101(1. It also would
like congress to limit the size of
trains—the number of cars. This
has become especially Important
since electrification. It would like
also a national full crew hill, sim
ilar to the full crew bills of a
number of states.
In the Interest of safety, It would
like the maximum number of hours
a man can work In any 124 being
cut from 1(5, under the present law,
to 112. The railroads are not anxious
to work men more than eight hours,
because at the end of eight hours
time and a half pay begins, so nat
urally they avoid overtime when
they cun. Their objection to any
revision In this law Is that It would
occasionally leave them In a tougn
spot.
Meanwhile the railroad will he
fighting for some other things. They
want the long and short haul clause
repealed. This had n favorable re
port from the house committee last
session, hut It died Senator Wheeler
will fight it In the senate.
Copyright —YVNU S#*rvic«.
Indian Elephant in Gay Trappings.
Prepared by National Geographic Society,
Waehlnttton, U. C.-WJtU Service.
UK elephant, goliath of mod
ern animals. Is decidedly dif
ferent In unatomy from all
other mammals. Ho looks more or
less alike at both ends; his trunk
Is shaped much like his tall, both be
ing practically hairless, wrinkled,
and of ubout the same length. A
sleeping elephant, with ears at rest
and the very small eyes closed,
looks like u case of “heads I lose,
tails you win.” Because of this uni
formity, at the terminal points of
his anatomy, and the wrinkled con
ditlon of Ids epidermis, the animal
seems unfinished.
The wrinkles cover Ids back
and sides and sag down over his
straight, column-like legs to his
knees, which are always baggy. His
trousers ore never pressed and his
clothes never fit him, because his
tailor, Mother Nature, abhors ele
phant dudes. If you examine the
epidermis minutely you will find
It finely retlculed or stippled, giv
ing it a distinctive character pe
culiar to the elephant.
The only really well-groomed or
well-tailored elephants are some
stuffed specimens In natural his
tory museums, which possess skins
as smooth as rubber bnlls. The
orlglnnl skin hns been covered by a
cont of black enamel pnint which
fills up and hides every wrinkle In
the skin.
Such taxidermy was changed by
Charles Akeley, who knew his ele
phants and mounted them ns nature
had made them. He Invented a
method of tanning the skins and re
ducing them to the thinness of a
kid glove. After the tanned skin
was placed over the papier-mache
manikin Akele.v skillfully modeled
the skin from the top or outside
by Injecting fluid pnpler-mache un
derneath the skin. In this way the
fine reticulations were retained.
Not a drop of paint touched the
skin of his elephants.
Hi* Teeth Are Peculiar.
Tlu* elephant has a peculiar tooth
arrangement. The teeth do not fit
Into permanent sockets or cavities
In the Jawbone, as teeth do In other
animals. Instead, they pass through
the jaws from behind forward.
The grinding teeth are often
enormous in size, the crown being
12 Inches long In 'the older teeth
and often quite as deep. These huge
molar teeth are thrust upward and
forward exactly in proportion to
the wear on their crowns; so that
when the tooth Is worn down and
useless It Is pushed to the tip of
the mouth and falls out as a mere
fragment, one-thirtieth or less of
the bulk of the original tooth. Six
of these molars, or cheek teeth,
puss thus through each jaw on
each side of the mouth. Thus the
elephant in his lllfetiine uses 24
teeth.
The only other group of mammals
In which the teeth pass thus
through the Jaws are the manatees.
And, odd.y enough, In the Kayum
beds of Egypt have been found re
mains of mammals Intermediate be
tween elephants and manatees.
These fossil manatee-like animals
Imply a common nncestry for the
two groups, which are today widely
diverse In anatomy and habits.
The manatees are almost as thor
oughly aquatic as whales and live
in the water, where they spend
most of their time submerged, feed
ing on grasses and other vegeta
tion growing on the bottoms of
lakes and large rivers. As the man
atee rises above the surface of the
water to breathe, its rounded head
gives It a very human appearance.
Fables About Elepants.
Much of the elephant lore that Is
widely accepted is equally fabu
lous. There are stories told of
how they never forget an Injury
and how they always get their man
and trample him to death. The
elephant has a wonderful memory,
but the beast does not often reser.t
a wrong. If elephants habitually
resented every wrong and revenged
every heating, there would be a
very high mortality among elephant
trainers and attendants. They try
to bully and test the "nerve" of
each new trainer and attendant.
If tiie trainer or keeper fears
the animal and does not at once
subdue It with force, then that par
| ticular elephant will continue to In
timidate him and he may eventually
tie killed. If, however, he subdues
it at once by force, it will usually
submit to his authority ever after
ward.
It Is often said that African el
ephants cannot he trained, and
therefore are seldom seen in cir
cuses or zoos. The African ele
phant is as easily trained as the
Indian. The great Jumbo was
taught to carry children on his back
in the London zoon and was n
docile and safe elephant. The Bel
gians at Api, one of their stations
in the Congo, are using trained ele
phants to plow fields and to pile
and carry logs and lumber.
Perhaps the most frequent mis
conception about elephants is their
age. Animals estimated by circuses
to be far beyond fifty years old
are usually without exact history
in youth. A common error is to
overestimate the age of an ele
phant purchased as a fully grown
adult. Such an elephant is often
said to be thirty or forty years
old when actually It is fully grown
when only ten or twelve years old.
It then lives 30 or 35 years in cap
tivity.
Graveyard Never Found.
The story of elephant graveyards
circulated in the African wilder
ness, where ivory hunters still en
tertain hopes of a find of graveyard
ivory some day. The tradition runs
that when they feel death conning
upon them, elephants leave the
herd and trek to an elephant grave
yard, a remote spot In the wilder
ness where all the elephants of
the district go to die. There the
ground Is supposed to be thickly
strewn with the huge bones of ele
phants, many having died 100 yenrs
age or more. The tusks which form
a part of the skeletal remains of
the beasts in such a graveyard
would be worth many thousands
of dollars, as Ivory does not decay
or lose quality with age. Many
hunters have sought for these
graveyards, but none have been
rewarded by the discovery of such
treasures.
The Indian, or Asiatic, elephant
differs physically In many particu
lars from the African elephant. In
reality they belong to different
genera, the African being an old
fashioned elephant, with fewer
enamel plates in its molar teeth,
and with a rounded skull like that
of the ancient mastodons. The In
dian elephant is a much more mod
ern type, with more complicated or
complex teeth—the last word in ele
phants.
Ranges of the Elephants.
The Asiatic elephant ranges
through the forested part of India
and is today more numerous in
Burma or eastern India and In the
island of Ceylon than elsewhere.
From Burma it ranges eastward
through the Malay peninsula to
Siam and also farther east to Co
chin-China. Southward it extends
to the Island of Sumatra.
The African species originally,
before white men slew It, ranged
over every foot of tropical Africa
from sea level to the tops of tall
forested mountains, or to the up
per limits of forests on the snow
capped mountains, such as Kiliman
jaro, Kenya, and Itnwenzorl. On
these equatorial peaks timber line
occurs at an altitude of approxi
mately 10.000 feet.
tin the sands of the Sahara the
animal Is not found, but It occurs
in the bush-covered deserts and
grasslands on its southern border,
and from that latitude southward
to the Cape of Good Hope. On the
east coast or border lands of the
Indian ocean the elephant extends
through Ethiopia and eastward
through the deserts of Somaliland.
Half at least of this vast area is
still inhabited by elephants.
A third distinct species of ele
phant occurs in extreme western
Africa, In Liberia, the land of the
P.vgmy hippo, and eastward to the
Cameroon*. This elephant Is nlso
a pygmy of sorts and is usually
known to the zoo public ns a “pyg
my elephant,” The name “pygmy”
will doubtless slick in the public
mind and replace the older or tirst
name bestowed on this species, of
“round-eared,” or cyciotls. The ear
is different In shape from that of
the large African species, being cir
cular in outline, without the fold
Inward at the neck, and only half
the size, proportionately, of the
African elephant’s.
HO$FkRE
#b«3©DAY
/dr. JAMES W. BARTON
T«lki About ®
Hay Fever
WHILE most cases of hay
fever occur in the early
autumn there are many cases
which occur in the spring and
summer months. It is generally
admitted that the tendency to
hay fever is inherited but why
It attacks Just one in every six
persons is hard to understand.
In addition to this hereditary or
nervous tendency it is thought that
Dr. Barton
deformities or aen
ciencles of the nose
and throat are also
a factor In a num
ber of cases. Many
physicians believe
that fatigue and
lowered resistance
are also causes, yet
individuals in the
best of health after
a real rest and va
cation with a need
ed gain in weight
have only to come
(n contact with certain poisons from
plants or trees to have the usual
attack.
Classes of Pollen.
This aliment has sometimes been
called “seasonal” pollen fever be
cause It Is due to pollen in the
air. There Is, first, the spring type
almost always due to tree pollens—
oak, birch, maple, hickory, elm;
second, the summer type due to
grasses, timothy, June grass, or
chard grass, red top, sweet vernal,
plantain; third, the autumn type
due almost always to ragweed
pollen.
The symptoms are familiar to
everybody—Itching of nose and
throat with violent sneezing. Itch
ing of eyelids, redness and soreness
of the eyelids, tears flowing, dread
of light, mucous from nose, ears
stuffy, and a forehead headache.
Naturally with these symptoms
present the patient often becomes
weak, irritable, depressed; loses his
appetite and Is often unable to
sleep.
Retreat Is Best Cure.
The best treatment is likewise
known to everybody; that Is, get
ting away from regions where the
pollen Is plentiful. This, of course;
is Impossible for the majority oj
people.
The correction of any nose and
throat condition—spurs, enlarged
turbinates and tonsils, infected si
nuses—should be the first step.
The second step Is the desensitiz
ing of the patient by the type of
pollen that is causing the symp
toms. This is done by injecting the
pollen extracts under the skin two
or three months before the expect
ed attack. The Injections are given
once or twice a week, the dose be
ing gradually Increased. This may
have to be done for two or three
years before results are obtained.
Local applications containing
Ephedrlne or epinephrine—adrena
lin—to the eyes and nose ofteu
help.
w • w
Removing Gat Pressure
ONE of the distressing ail
ments that gives great dis
comfort and pain is an accumu
lation of gas in the large intes
tine.
The pressure Is so great at times
that the Individual feels as if he
would burst. The heart action may
be affected and there is a feeling
that unconsciousness or even death
may occur.
Various remedies may have been
used for this conditlcn, an old
favorite being baking soda. Lat
terly the use of tincture of bella
donna has been freely used with
the Idea of removing the contrac
tion or spasmodic condition of the
bowel.
Enema Is Best.
For many years, the best home
remedy has been an enema or In
jection of about a quart of warm
soapsuds. Physicians advise against
the use of soap suds, as they are
too harsh and irritate the delicate
mucous membrane or lining of the
bowels. They ndvise that the quart
of warm water without soap be
used, as It Is just as effective and
does not leave the lining of the bow
els in an Inflamed condition.
As this accumulation of gas in
the intestines occurs frequently
after the use of ether during an op
eration nnd retards the recovery of
the patient, some surgeons prefer
the use of spinal anesthetics where
the pnin-killing drug Is Injected Into
the spinal cord—the large nerve
running down the center of the
backbone.
The European Formula.
Recently some European physi
cians have been experimenting with
a strong salt solution which was
used as an enema in cases of severe
gas distension following surgical
operations.
Instead of using the ordinary so
lutlon of table salt, that is about
one-quarter teaspoonful of table
salt to a half cupful of water, they
used about four level teaspoonfuls
to the half cupful of water as an
enema, and this small amount of
salt and water always obtained a
prompt emptying of the bowel.
®-WNU Service.
BROWN HAND BAG
TO BE CROCHETED
By GRANDMOTHER CLARK
Crocheted hand bags are still pop
ular. They look good, are easy to
make and cost very little, and the
personal pride in hand-made articles
must not be overlooked. This neat
looking bag measures 5*4 by 9 inches
and being made of dark brown cot
ton is a very serviceable bag. Can
be made in a few days in spare time.
Package No. 739 contains sufficient
brown Mountain Craft crochet cotton
to complete the bag, also instructions
and crochet hook. Zipper and bag
lining not included. This package
will be mailed to you for 40 cents.
Should you want the instructions
only, send us 10 cents.
Address Home Craft Co., Dept. B,
Nineteenth and St. Louis Ave., St.
Louis, Mo. Inclose a stamped ad
dressed envelope for reply when
writing for any information.
Wise Know Their Follies
While the Foolish Do Not
The wise man has his follies no
less than the fool; but it has been
said that herein lies the difference—
the follies of the fool are known to
the world, but are hidden from him
self ; the follies of the wise are
known to himself, but hidden from
the world.—Colton.
Week’s Supply of Postum Free
Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part of this pa
per. They will send a full week’s sup
ply of health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it.—Adv.
©SSUJSJj
Pity Hu Return
Mrs. MacTavish—My little boy
Just swallowed a $10 gold piece.
Neighbor—Gracious, is the child
in danger?
Mrs. MacTavish—No, thank good
ness, ids father’s out of town.—Fifth
Corps Area News.
On and On
Wife—Isn’t it wonderful how the
waves keep rolling in, darling?
Husband—Yes, they remind me of
the household bills at home, dear.—
Hudson Star.
Some Consolation
“What do you think of our two
candidates for mayor?”
“Well, I’m glad only one can be
elected.”—Toronto Globe.
Something Higher
“Want to leave me. Mary? I
thought you were quite comfortable.
What Is it for, something private?”
“No, ma’am, It’s a sergeant.”—
Troy Times Record.
Will Be Useful
“Whom is your baby really 'Ike?”
“He has my wife’s eyes, my nose,
but I think he got his voice from the
motor horn.”—Lustige Koelner Zei
tung, Cologne.
Too Busy
Employer-—Can you come to work
tomorrow?
Unemployed—No, you see, I’m
marching in a parade of the unem
ployed.—Wall Street Journal.
All Husbands the Same
Mistress (explaining routine to
new cook)—Now, my husband al
ways goes to his club Wednesday
evening.
Cook—I understand, ma’am. So he
won’t want no breakfast Thursday.—
Pairson’s Weekly.
HERE.'6 A
C5QOP
R&SOUJTtON
fvVRlGLEyk
After
Every
Meal
London Tower Fortress,
Palace, Prison in Turn
The tower, situated on the banks
of the Thames, is perhaps London's
most interesting historical monument.
Surrounded by a moat, it dates back
to the Roman period, and in turn
has served the purposes of a for
tress, a royal palace, and a state
prison. It is now a show place, mu
seum, and military barracks.
The tower has been associated
with the darkest scenes of English
history. Its oldest part, the White
tower, was built by William the Con
queror, outside what then were the
walls of the city, to overawe the in
habitants within them. The walls
of this Norman work are from 11 to
IP feet thick. In the Wakefield tow
er, built by Henry III in 1260, lie
the crown jewels. The memorial re
tains an atmosphere of grandeur
and grimness unsurpassed in Eng
land. Anne Boleyn, mother of Queen
Elizabeth, spent her last night there
before being beheaded. The spot
where she and many other person
ages were put to death may be »een
by all tourists.
Of Dubious Use
Doubts plague us as much as they
warn us. ^
300 Candle- I
power "Live” I
Pressure Light I
fFHIS two-mantle
Coleman Kero- h
sene Mantle Lamp a
burns 96% air and£,
4% kerosene (coal
oil). It s a pressure lamp
that produces 300 candle
power of "live”, eye
saving brilliance... gives
more and better light at
less cost. A worthy com
panion to the famous
Coleman Gasoline Pres
sure Lamps. Safe... the
fuel founti8madeof brass
MODEL
N*. n«
and steel, no glass to break. Clean, .no area*r wwp
to trim; no smoky chimneys to wash. Finishes jn two
tone Indian Bronze with attractive Parchment Shade.
SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER — or vswtt*
us for Free Descriptive Literature.
•MAN LAMP AND STOVS CO.
, Wichita, Kan..: Los Angeles, Cehfj
Philadelphia, Pa. (61 till
Dandruff & Pulling flair, use La FLORAL
HAIR TONIC. Price *1. trial size l$c. Bel
ter Drug Products. Box "26. Tulsa. Oklu.
WANTED TO BUY
several 3* calibre Colt Army Six Shooters
such as used In Civil War. Would alee be
Interested In 44 calibre Colt Plains Pistols
and 4 and 6-shot pepper-box pistols. PWase
write describing weapons, stating condition
and price for which you will sell.
DAVID MAGOWAN
310 East 45th Street New York OtT
ADVANCING
“How’s yer boy down at college?”
“Not very good, 1 guess. He wrote
he was halfback an’ now he tells us
he’s fullback.”
Tribute
“What has become of Bronco Bob?”
asked the traveling man.
“He got the usual epitaph,” said j
Mesa Bill, “which reads, ‘He was a
[good sheriff while he lasted.’”
WRIGLEY’S.
TKt PERFECT GUMr
