8 THE BKE: OMAHAMONDAY, JULY 20, 1914.
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Mysteries of Science and Nature
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An Explanation for Springs
and Roaring Sounds That Seem
to Issue from tlie Underground
By GARKKTT I'. SEKVISS.
Man ami the sloo h lives on seem
b 'th to bp going the ame way. toward
a similar end.
In the course of time tho face of tli
ci''.t, will le'ome a
ittt sand hear Al-
etcntually dlsln-
rad)' mmonse n
Sivfis iu northern
A 'rii J. .ind i-entra!
AMi wI.tc vegeta
t.on or.' e flourished
end statist and cities
arose hac li it ti
t rnc a into dec- -cntod
expanses uf
T' lling wind-dri.i 1
sand I'ntes trt
xr.rndo is geologl' at
Upheavals should re
4) ape tho surface of
the planet Ha atmo
ei'hcrk agencle will
tegratc the rocks, wear away the motin
t'liis. levtl down the continents nnd fill
up tho sea basins, while at the same
t e the oceans will dlsapiH-ar and lttle
I ut subterranean water will remain.
That Is the most logical explanailon of
ur-al l as overtaken the planet Marr.
Tho moon, too although the wiecks
c gigantic mountain yet lemuln.
! pears to have suffered h similar fate.
iF crywhere photonrephy rcvals under
nrath Its Vast plains nnd tibmerited out.
lmrs, like sMf-dtslnlorrotl skeletons, of
Its former toitogr.tphlral features. If
a great tempest should strike the moon,
Its face would disappear, swallowed up
In clouds of blowing sand.
A world Uvea as long as It possesses
n'ifflclent nriety, and dies when uni
formity atrlfles It under the blanket or
nonotonous samenes.
eana ;s me very iyp i unuuiuiiu
Mid monotony. Tills mental Impression
pvhlch sand makes Is omplioslr.ed by
some recent experiments of Vr. liaughtiti
Cornish. In sifting desert wind he found
that no less than 91 per rent of all Its
grains arc retained by a sieve of 1-4-lii
h mesh, while only i per cent are
caught by a 1-il-lnch mesh, and not more
than 4 per i-ont are small enough to pans
through a 1-96-lnoh mesh.
The explanation lies n tho long and
constant rubbing together of tho grains,
which reduces all to one pattern, anil
has no mercy for Individuality. Tho moral
world presents a striking similitude For
centuries mankind has. been slowly tend
ing toward uniformity. Conquests, trado
nnd mechanical Invention are the winds
and -waves which gradually triturate hu
manity and reduce It all to a single meas
uro. In our time this tendency has been
enormously accelerated by the advance
of science. Now all tho civilised world
dresses alike, cats alike, lives allkcjpoks
Alike nnd thinks alike. It Is becoming a
vast heap of human sand. Homa persons
think that it la tho manifest destiny of
man, and rejoice over it, anil mako n
cospel of It.
It Is interesting to look a little moto
closely Into tho effects of uniformity as
revealed by sand. In doing- ao wo may,
jicrhaps, get a more vivid impression of
what tho gospel of antl-lndlvlduallsm
means.
From time Immemorial there' hns ocen
a. mysterious natural phenomenon, mani
fested in all parts of tho world, which
has excited cither abject superstition or
puzzled wonder according to tho mental
makeup of various observers. It is a
jmenomonon of sound. Along tho sea
shore It Is callod sometimes tho "Barlsal
Kuns," sometlmos "mlstpocffers," some
times "brontldl." according to tho varying
languages of the people on whoso roasts
Its booming Is hoard In Egypt and other
sandy regions it is called 'singing,' or
"vocal sands."
This last term betrays the oxplanatlon
of the mystery that science has discov
ered. All these strange sounds, oven whon
they appear to be altogether subterra
nean, as In tho oase of tho "Moodus
noises" in Connecticut,' aro bellovcd to be
due to vibrating sand, and they could not
exist If the sand were not composed of
Kralns of uniform size and shape.
It Is the voicn of a crowd, which Is
powerful only because It Is multitudinous
One of tho clearest accounts of this
phenomenon with which 1 am acquainted
comes from a recent tourist of rational
mental habits who observed It In Egypt.
"WMIo descending a slope of sand drifted
gainst a cliff in tho Nile valley, his feet
vtarted a little rill of sand flowing down
ward. Presently a wierd sound thrilled
through the ntr Quickly it became mag
nified, although the quantity of flowing
Hand was not greatly augmented, until It
Bwelled into a veritable roar that seemed
to Issue from the ground. Then a close
Inspection showed that the entire mass
of sand resting upon trie slope was v.
bratlng In unison. The puny voice of
earli particle would have been totally
Inaudible, but millions of such voices, all
united and accordant, shook the nlr as
with tho bellowing of some Imprisoned
monster under the earth.
This Implied, as Prof. A. Mallock has
remarked In commenting on the story,
tint each gr.iln of sand was "doing the
same thing, at the same time, to a con
slderahlt depth." which could not havo
happened If they had not all been of
very nearly the same magnitude.
Th same explanation. It Is believed,
nppllos to the mysterious noises that
many travelers have wondered at In the
neighborhood of Mount final, and which,
for some, have greatly Increased tho
superstitious anc with which that cp.
hrated mountain Is regarded.
Shall We See These
Costumes Here?,
Some of the Gowns Seen at English Races,
Showing the Creative Genius of the Modiste
Ought a man Push the Perambulator?
Ily DOROTtlY DIX.
Where We Are Silly
II) KDOIAK LUCIKX LAHKIN.
Thomas Jefferson, one of tho fifty-one
of the leaders of men und one of nature's
masterpieces, wroti- these words In July,
WO. lie proposed to congress "to reduce
every branch of the decimal ratio al
ready established for coins, and thus
bring the calculation of tho principal af
fairs of life within the arithmetic of
ovety man who can multiply and divide "
fter a lapse of 121 years the Ameri
can people do the very obstlnute thing of
refusing. Our nation, the Icudlng people
of the earth, with an obduracy Inexplic
able, still umi pounds, ounces, grains,
Inches, feet, yards and miles
People thai will soy ten mills make one
cent, ten oents one dlmo, ten dimes one
dollar, will with the Impulses of a mule,
say 43714 grains make one ounce, avoir
dupois; sixteen ounces make one pound,
100 pounds ono hundredweight, twenty
hundrodwelght ono ton.
Hero Is a mix of 4.17'-i and sixteen with
true declmnls 10, SO, 100. N'o explanation
has ever been offered And here Is a
table of vagaries:
Pounds. Ounoes. Drachms. Scruples. OrnJns.
1 equals 12 M 2SS 5,7tt
1 equals Id 2fif, ... 7.000
The first line is apothecaries' weight
ond tho second avoirdupois.
The standard troy weight, now author
ized by the laws of England and copied
In our laws, agrees with the apothecaries'
wolght in pounds, ounces and grains, but
differs In divisions of the ounce, -which
by the former scale contains twenty
pennyweights of twenty-four grains each,
Thus, the troy and apothecaries' weight
In pounds are agreed as to 15,760 grains,
but tho avoirdupois pound contains 7,000
grains; but they are troy grains, this
vagary having no grains of Its own,
In lengths, volumes and areas the con
fusion Is greater than in the units of
mass or weight hore given. Fo great has
been tho trouble that tho government of
the United States has at great expense
employed hundreds of experts to wtrk
out and publish theso thousands of com
parisons. Hut had tho congress In 1790
passed as law tho recommendation of the
wise Jefferson at least 124 years of brain
harassing labor would have been avoided.
One would think that the custom house,
oxchnngo nnd mint people would rise and
demand plain "common sense" In weigh
ing and measuring. Thus: Tho metric
unit of weight Is the kilogram; of length,
the meter, and of capacity, the liter.
These are divided by tenths, hundredths
and thousandths, and multiplied by tens,
hundreds nnd thousands. In your heads.
nnd no pencil and pupor nro needed. I.Ike'
wlso prices and "so much per."
Incalculable work could bo entirely dls
nensed with by the ndoptlon of the
decimal system by the entire world.
Many nations have so adopted by law.
Tho good United States of America, Is
one of the fow'that have so enacted, but
the people still refuse to use the system.
This slnguar fact has been commented
upon by mentallsts, nnd the only ex
planatlon Is the fearful curse habit.
Ancient habits and customs are exces
sively hard to overcome. Note this fact
of a law without a penalty; for If tho
United Stntes had a law of Imprisonment
for all persons refusing to use tho metric
system, then an era almost new In tho
history of human progress would bo here
right away.
Go to, now, and use sixteen sixteenths
make ono Inoh, twelve Inches make one
MM W rf
Cjlljg,frnmwr!
Who should push the perambulator
when a man and his wife and the baby
go out for a walk'
I have received a letter from n t.ian.
, who writes:
"why sluuld a
, mnn have to wheel
Ills child thtough
, tho city streets?
i Why should not his
wife do It? It Is
I most humiliating to
j a man to pass Mt
I friends while he Is
pushing a baby iart.
and to have to listen
to their remarks. It
Is surely a woman's
duty, but I do not
like to quarrel with
my wife, so I am
asking your opinion
on the subject, for
which I will be very
grateful."
Whnt's the mutter
with pushing tho baby carriage as a re
spectable Job for a famly man' What
Is there nbout It to make a in-in blush
and hang his head In shame? I fall to
see Ih It anything derogatory to mnECii
line dignity. It seems to me Unit a itu-'n
with the perambulator Is far more nd-
mlrablc than tie mnn with the automo
bile, and that It Is butter to ta the
baby Joy riding than It Is to take a
chorus girl.
The man who thinks that ne looks
ridiculous whon he Is seen taking the
Imby out riding In his little uo-catt wruld
b filled with pride nnd vainglory at tno
stiectnetc he presented tearing up tho
streets In a high-powered raclns -ar.
Yet he Is n million tlmee irore Jsefuliy
and worthily employed lit mindlm; the
baby wagon than he would bo In sinafH
lng records and dodging tho traifh: police
In a gasoline wagon.
And let me remind my correspondent
right here that trundling the baby cart
may he the short cut to fame fn' luni.
For In these 'perambulators that unwill
ing fathers are pushing are the infi-.nts
who are going to bo the men and women
who will do the big things of tho future.
The only Job by which many a man will
bo remembered Is that he used to wheel
somo little Tommy Edison, or Teddy
Roosevelt, or Pippy Morgan about in his
go-cart.
in all good truth, the men who are do
ing the most for the world are those who
ate raising up nice, fat, healthy babies
bubleti who are going to carry on to now
heights the banner of human achieve
ment, and why any mnn should be
ashamed of publicly announcing his part
In this great work passes comprehension.
Certainly tho times arc out of" Joint,
and we havo gotten to a place where we
take a very decadent view of things when
a man Is humiliated by being seen on the
street giving bis own child an outing, and
when mich a spectacle is the subject for
the gibes and mocking of fools.
Happily, though, sensible people are
still of tho opinion that n baby Is a thing
to boost of. and not be nshamed of, and
that a young man pushing his own baby
carrlugc Is u more admirable spectacle
than a haw-haw youth tugging at the
leash of a bulldog.
nut let no one over again lay the crime
of race suicide at woman's door, since
the fathers take so little Interest In their
offsnrlng that they are not witling to be
i seen In public with them. Apparently
children nre no longer considered by their
fathers as a crown of glory, but n sort
( or dlsgrnie that they try to keep hidden
I and out of sight as fnr as possible.
As for my correspondents contention
that is n woman's duty to push tho
perambulator, that li as may be. To the
dispassionate observers It would seem
that. Inasmuch ns a father Is Just as
much a father ns a mother Is a mother.
It's Just as much his business to give the
baby an airing us It Is Iters.
Of course the mother Is harnessed to
the baby's go-cart most of the time. Six
days out of tho seven she pushes It ahead
of her whenever she takes her walks
nbroad, just as she listens to the baby's
crying and washes and dresses and caros
for It seven days out of the week, and
this being the case, it appears to be up
to tho father to take his turn at the wheel
occasionally, even If he Is mortified to
death at being seen out In the company
of his own child.
My correspondent is ashamcfl to be seen
pushing a perambulator. I wonder If he
over passes through the resldental part
of the city between the hours of 10 and
4 o'clock. The etrects are a baby block
ado. There are hundreds of perambu
lators, each containing a rosy baby and ,
each baby carriage rolled by some moiner
who has been told by her dbctor that
the baby must be kept In the air a cer
tain number of hours.
On the shady side of the street In sum
mer, in the lee of some sheltering build
ing In winter, you will find these motneis
footsore with walking, weary and bored
to death, sweltering with heat or shiver
ing with cold, but faithfully and patiently
sacrificing themselves to their ch'ildren,
chained to the baby's go-cart as truly a
any captive was over chained tJ a con
queror's chariot wheel of old.
And not one of these womm is asliamed
of her task or mortified at beinp caught
pushing the perambulator!
Funny things, women aren't they?
AW
.pfe
life, who
ao room
r going a
I I "
ttematlc
otc only-
day to
Snoring It
such a
Hero is a Rown mntlo to Rh'o tho effect of an Indian shawl.
foot, three feet make one yard, five and
one-halt yards ono rod, iieroh or pole;
forty rods ono furlong, eight furlongs
one mile, three miles one league, sixty
9 1-6 miles (nearly) one degree.
No wonder alienists are astonished to
see what senseless things humans will do
when they look over hundreds of pages
of conflicting measures, ustd for thou
sands of years, even from Babylonian
times, without change. Mind mystery
deepens, for alienists see that man uses
these measures long after he knows better.
Resinol
clears bad
complexions
Tho regular use of Resinol
'ooap, with an occasional light
SpUcation of Resinol Ointment,
sUEuAates tho skin, permits nat
ure!, Wthy action, andrida tho
complfJSln of pimples, black-
heads,ljgnc8 Bnd roughness,
y end at littlo coat.
quickl;
All dm
JeolOInt
to Dept.
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mtt RmIuoI Sosd -nd R-
f For trial ilio of each, writs
Inot, ualtiroor. ua.
n . c HT Tfc 1 a, By Mrs. Frank Learned Author
Secret of Winning Popularity of the -Etiquette of New York-
By MUS. JltANK LEARNED.
Many persons, In speaking of popular
ity and the way to be popular, seem to
begin at the wrong end of the subject-
Their suggestions point to the acquiring
of good manners and pleasing ways for
the mere sako of the personal gratifica
tion of being admired, of gaining some
thing for self.
The Idea Is seldom advanced or Im
pressed that the true ethical reasons, tho
best motives for an aim toward being
agreeable and thus winning popularity
are to be found In the desire, to use one's
gifts, talents, good manners or accom
plishments a aids toward making the
world u pleauanjer place for those wt
meet In It,
Thoso -who elm for selfish popularity
do not deceive anyone. For a short time,
perhaps, they may have their own way,
or receive a large number of invitations.
but very soon their vanity and egotism
become apparent and they cease to be
chosen as friends.
Insincerity and superficiality are easily
recognised. A mere polish, an outward
venr In manner may be obtained by
observing conventional rules, but the es
sence of good manners l In a kindly
heart. -
Unless there Is an absence of seir-cen-teredness
there is no foundation on which
to build popularity. The moment that a
person la greedy for rewards, that mo
ment there Ih failure.
If we observe the truly popular per-
ful In showing little attentions, they
listen when anyone Is speaking. They uro
good-natured toward tlrcsomo people,
patient with uninteresting people.
Thoy do not treat the beautiful cere
mony of greeting in a perfunctory way.
They offer the hand with a graceful ges
ture and give a smile and maKO some
pleasant remark. It may be a common
place speech, but they make It In a pleaB
itus way.
Tho very Blmple, social graces need to
be prncticed. A low, soft voice Is more
winning than a harsh, rasping tone, A
few tactful words are more acceptawe
than a blunt, ungracious speech.
To understand others we must try ta
throw ourselveB into tholr Interests, listen
to what they have to say. sharo with
them In their Joys as well as their trou
bles. We mutt be truly sympathetic, try
to Imagine how others feel nnd to be
slad with them and not think we are to
reserve sympathy only to be sorry for
their sorrows.
There are countlosa little things of
ordinary courtesy and kindness to be done
even day the little things done on the
lnstant-the greetings, amenities, words
of cheer, comfort or encouragement
spoken as wc meet each other.
It Is not by waiting for opportunities
to do great deeds or perform conspiouous
services that we win favor, affection or
less, unromombered acts of kindness nnd
of love" arc tho things which win the
most cnduringTort of happiness for self,
nnd popularity with others.
Pliynlcnt ColtttrrJ
Women who lead a s
are confined in an offljj
during the entire day,
test for endurance
strain on the strongest
a woman Is In great
Physical exercise If bh
ten to fifteen minutes i
this, that is far better than
altogether, and I strongly Advn
worker to look carefully over the exer
cises I . shall give In the next lesson.
choose those particularly directed to her
needs, and practice them.
I advise her also to walk, to and from
her work, even If the distance Is two or
three miles If the distance Is consider
able, walk a part of the why. 8he cannot
use her time to any better advantage and
after a little perseverance: she will find
that tho walk will refresh mther than
tiro her. If she walks tu her office Bhe
will find that sho cntets on her work
with a quickened Intelligence, and the
walk homeward at night will make the
evening meal tasto twice as good. It is
also a pleasant bieak In the day's rou
tine, causing her to forget its monotony
and occasional unpleasantness'.
To dcrlvo aviy benefit front walking,
however, the step must be. light and elas
tic, the weight of the body swinging eas
ily from one leg to mother. Hold tho
head erect, the chin well in rj If a string
were pulling from tie middle of the
head, lifting It skywards, tfake care to
breathe deeply and corrKtfy, through the
nose with the moult closed, taking- in
long breaths and retaining them some
time before exhaling. Begin by holding
each breath while taking ten steps and
gradually Increase tls until twenty steps
may be taken Jn o-fe breath.
"Walking is not tf rapid reducing exer
cise, but there is 'nothing better calcu
lated to keep a erson In good condition
and to promote reneral ease and health
of the body.
Lesson XI to fee continued.
Advice to Lovelorn
TIT BEATRICE 7AXKr&Z
And hero is a creation on the left known as "The Balloon Dress," and on
on tho rlfrht with a lattice-work effect.
Little Bobbie's Pa
Hy WILLIAM F. KIRK.
I asked Ta the meaning of a word .ast
nlte. I was reeding a story in the patper
& I calm to a word that I dident know. I
asked Ta what is a Oboe.
How Is the word used? sed Pa
& then the Oboes began playing,
sed.
Well, sed Pa, I am surprised that a
boy of yuro age doesnt know what a
Oboe Is. A Oboe Is a tramp, sed Pa.
I dident know that tramps played, I
sod to Pa.
Indeed, sed Pa, & wen did you near
that tramps worked?
Doont tantalise Bobble, sed Ma, you
know very well that a Oboe Is a muslckal
Instrument
I doont know anything of the kind, sed
Pa, & you doant know It eether. A Oboe
Is a tramp, a Idler, a eon or rest. iou
can see them along any of the rallrode
tracks during these good old Wilson
times. 1 saw ten yesterday, Thay was
popularity. Single acts of simple Kina- tad Oboes, too Mvery one oi mem umm
no, dnne without a thought that they I m0 that he had voted for Wilson.
might bo helpful, have proved of greater i tell you, deer, eed Ma, that you have
. i .lei. t . i . .. . m ft AIvaa la m mil.
sons among our friends we discern the n ( instrument. such as Is used In
secret of their t harm. They are inounnv, - (-
sura orkestrays. The word you are think- I always
lnr about that meens the salm as a tramp I rang-
Is Hobo, sed Ma. It begins with a II.
I will Jiet you a new hat aggenst a
box of elrara. sed Pa.
. .
That Is the eeslest bet In tho world. & , every memoer
I will talk It, sed Ma. Oet me the dfok
shunary. Bobble.
I got the dlckshunory for Ma & she
found that she was rite & Pa was rong.
The word Hobo wasent eeven In tho
dlckshunary, beekaus It Is slang. Pa
got kind of red In the face but he sed
that it must be the eddltor of tho dlk
shunary made a mistake.
That is the Scotch of It. sed Ma. I
never knew a Scotchman to give In ceven
after the proof Is in black & white, rite
In front of his noas. I suppoas you arent
going to get me the hat, now that I have
won the bet,
Toil shall have the hat, deer, sed Pa,
but I sUll think I am rite, I am going
to call up Professor Von HortiB & find
out about this wonderful muslckal In
strument. He knows all the Instruments
ewer invented, Pa sed So he called up
the German professor & after he asked
him what Js a Oboe he wsd Oh, is that so?
I never heard of such an Instrument.
Pa's face was kind of long. I guess I
have lost tho bet. 1" sed. but It only goes
to show that one newer gets too old to
lern. One thing about me, sed Pa, I am
willing to admit that I am
Oh, yes. deer, sea .iu, )u uio
lt admit you are rong wen you navo
looked up the dlckshunary & called up
'every member of the board of cducashun
nil the experts that you have a speck
ing acqualn-tens with. Then you yeeld
reddlly enuff. By the way deer. I won't
ask you to buy me a new hat, as I have
so many, we will change that bet & you
can buy me a dinner gown.
No I wont, sed Po. A bet is a bet : a
hat is a hat. & a Oboe Is a Oboe. You
will get a hat, a reesonabel priced hat,
& I will be with you wen you get it, sed
Pa. & after this Bobble, eed Pa, wen you
want to know the meenlng of a word, ask
yure Ma or look it up yureself.
Affection Always Proper.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Please answer my
many questions. If a young lady Is en
gaged would It be proper for her to pro
fess r.cr love for the young man to whom
she fa engaged without his asking her if
fhe 4oves him. or Just what do you think
woiild be necessary?
Would It be necessary to have place
cards at a wedding dinner, and how
would the wedding party bo seated if the
minister is present? How and where
fhould pnrents be seated. li. M. X.
When an engaged couple Is alone affec
tionate advances from either nre entlrcly
in keeping. It is not expected that lovers
bo always held in check by formalities,
and especially after they have pllghtril
their troth by becoming formally engaged.
I At a wedding dinner or breakfast it Is
' customary to seat the bride and groom
at tho head of the table with the brldo'
parents at the foot. The wedding party
Is seated nround the table with regard
to congeniality. Place cards are not uscdv
nor Is a special seat required for the mln-'
ister, although some give him the head of
the table, with the bride and groom on
cither hand.
Try A en I n.
Denr Miss Fairfax: Two days ago you
published a letter of a young lady of 22
In loe with a married man of 40. And
now, here nm I, a slnglo man of 12, hut
feel, act and look thut o fa man not over
I Si) nnd younger, looking for and trying to
; make the acquaintance of n young lady
or nbout 25 with the view of matrimony,
' anil have not yet succeeded.
1 I have a steady position with Uncle
Sam paying Jl) per month. I nm of good
(habits, uso neither stnni? drink nor to-
hacc-o In anv shape. 1 belong notn to the
Young Men's Christian association and
I trio Methodist Kpiscopni cnurcn.
1 I think I would like to win a young lady
' attending the samo church as I do and I
1 have been led to believe that she had
somo liking for mo until me otner nay i
wroto and mailed her an Invitation to
i go hoatlng witn me, nut rcceivea no
I renly. What can 1 ilr to win her or any
other nice young lady? ucspectnniy,
A. W. A.
"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady," but
the road to a woman's heart Is not always
open. However, be persistent, but not of
fensive in your attentions, and In time
you will learn if the object of your love
has any affection for you. When the
right time comes, ask her In a manly
way.
.V Question of Etiquette,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 18 years old
and in love with a man 66 years old. He
has no money and only earns $12 a week.
I lore him very deeply and want to marry
him, but my people will not consent.
HEARTBROKEN.
If you marry a man who Is old enough
to bo your' grandfather you will spend
your llfo repenting this sad blunder.
Twelve dollars a week may be enough
for a young, vigorous man to start life
on, but there Is no hope that this old
man is going to advance. Interest your
self in healthy youth and don't let his
age sap your Maytlme.
36e VaNDEJRBILT 15 of e
&hiftirSurth OSreet east aZGfark &THmue,JYetO fork
WAXJTON H.MAISHAXL. Manager.
An Heal Hotel with an Ideal Situation
Summer lies-