Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 16, 1922, Page 14

NEW YORK KIDS BELOW AVERACE chfyren’s Bureau Experts Give * Result ‘of: Investigation ~ Throughout Country. CALFIRNA STANDS AT HEAD fowa Children Exceed the Average by ‘. Fifth-of an Inch In Staturé— ' -7 Boys Under Six are Meavier 2t Than Girls. svis ‘Washington—New York city chil: dren, according to the -Chlidrens Burean experts, are shorter than others examined in a general Investigation throughout. the country. This is at- tributed to the presence in the New. York: group of a “larger. proportion than i’ the. country. as’ &' whole of short-statured - races, such as the Itallan .and the Jewish.” “Boys undeér six yéars of age are found to_be slightly taller and heavier than girls of the same ages,” says the report. “The fverages for boys increase from 21.16 inches and 8.65 pounds _under one month, to 43.87 friches and 41.40 pounds at seventy-one months. At the same time those for | &lrls. increase from 20.89 inches and 8.85 pounds under one month to 43.52 inches and 40.36 pounds at seventy-one months. The boys average from one- third to one-half inch taller and welgh about g pound more than the girls of the same age.” & New’ York Average Lowest. Comparisons- made were for. Towa, California and New York city with averages for'all white children in the United States, Californla stood first and New York city last In this coni- parjsen. The proportion of children whose ~ parents ~were born in the United ‘States was highest In Iowa, 822 per cent; in California it was | 62.4 and In New York city, 22.7. “In New York,” the report declares in ‘this connection, “Italy was most largely represented with 20.7; followed by Russla, with 11.7 per cent; Austria- | Hungary, 18.2; Great Britain, Ireland and’ British possessions with 9.5 per cent. (Ireland alone, 7.5 per cent) | Germany with 1.9 per cent, and Po- Iand ‘with 1.7 per. cent.” ‘ The ‘same three groups were studied | to determine whether in different sec- tions ‘there are significant differences in 'stature and weight. + Tables: show that measurements of the Jowa children exceed the average by ‘a fifth of an inch in. stature. Cal- ifornia -chlldren - averaged two-fifths of ap dnch taller and three-quarters of a pound heavier than the mean. New York city children show half an inch’ deficiency In stature, f The tables show ‘that: the average boy tn the United ‘States seventy-one months old is 48.1 Inches tall, whilp the average New York city boy of the same age is 4345, A similar com- parison of girls shows these figures: 4357 and 43.14 inches, . In welght the figures are: Average boy, ‘seventy-one months old, 41.60 pounds; New York city boy Is but 4118 pounds: girls, 40.58 for the na- tion and 40.61 for New York. Defects Recorded. In’ California and New York ecity defects were also recorded. The defect most often reported was disedsed and enlarged tonsils, 17.7 per cent of the cbildren under seven years of age who wete examined being reported as having abnormal tonsils, Six and four-tenths per cent of the children examined were réported as having adenolds. The percentages in- crease from 1.7 for children under oue year to- 11.8 for children glx years of age. > To. Californth and New York city 683 children under seven years of age were¢ diagnosed as having ' rachitis, These children, in comparison with average. children show&d a deficlency in' stature of 1% inches or 3.4 per cent, “A tendency appears for this de- fickéncy In stature to increase ‘with age, Thus ‘among children itwo years of age the deficlency is twice as much as that among those three years of age. The deficlency welght is even more marked. ‘Thus the average deficlency for all children under seven was nearly two pounds, or 7.8 per cent. In all, 591 children were dingnosed a8 being malnourished. Fifty Men and One. Elephant, Interesting tests were once made to determine the respective pulling pow- er of horses, men and elephants. Two. horses, weighing 1,600 pourids each, together .putled 3,750 pounds, or 550 pounds ‘more than their combined weight. One elephant, weighing 12,000 pounds, pulled 8,750 pounds, or 3,250 pounds 'less than his weight. Fifty men, aggregating about 7,600 pounds in weight, pulled 8,760 pounds, or just as much as the single elephant. Bat, like the horses, they pulled more than thelr own weight. One hundred men PALEA12000. govade, - She Would’ Know Them. * Seven-year-old 'Elizabeth was shop- piag with her mother when the :fols lowing' conversation took place: i '®Mother, why does Santa Claus al Wiys wear a false face?” “He has to wear a false face 8o the children won't recognize him.”" “Welf, he didn't put anything over on‘ me. I took particular notice of his hands and they're real old haids. I'd kfiow that. pair of hands auywhere,” _Hilzabeth aseerted . .o . Subscribe Tur The Dally Ploneer. s Neighbors Glad as Boy’s Pet Disappears ;Middletown, N. Y.—Ten-year- I old Wade Willlams, who lives in Montgomery, .19 looking for his pat skunk, Blackie, | i Recently, while walking-In a cemetery near his home, Wade 3 found Blackle sleeping on the : H windward side of a headstone. § He carried. him home and, In * spite of the protests of friends { % and his family, he bullt a house 3 i for the animal in the back yard § I _of his home. Every time that he i went on‘an errand Blackie went : with-im’at-the end of a’ string. The protests of.neighbors and . others ipally resulted in the call- ing of & conferéncein' the Willis ~home, 'ind the next morning Blackie - was" -gone. Wade's querles obtained him no definite | information. The fur dealer who got the skunk promised not to lead him around on & leash. { used for housing some small animal, ! of the dendrograph. LG RN FAMOUS “LION: OF LUCERNE” Thorvaldsen's * Masterpiece Commenms arates the Heroism of the Swiss Guards in Paris in 1792. —_— The well-known monument called the “Lion of Lucerne,” erected near Lucerne, in 1821,. commemorates the traglc fate.of the Swiss guards in the French ‘Revolution. when in, their. de= votion“to’ duty they- were sacrificed to the bullets of the Marselllais -and the pikes of the mob, Aygust 10, 1792, ‘Thig infantry reghment, the “Gardas Sulsses;” had been originally a Swiss mercendry regiment o the Wars of Religion; but for their own good con- duct at the “combat of Arqués: they were. incerporated in the permanent establishment of - the Maison du Rol, by Henry 1V, (Henry of Navarre), in: 1589, and In the guards in 1615. The French guards sided openly with the | constitutional movement at the Revo- lution, and were disbanded, but the Swiss- guards remained . faithtul [ fo thelr trust. 4 This monument was the work of | Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1344), a {'Danish sculptor, noted for his statues {of Christ and the apostles, and for ! | his efforts at classlcal sculpture. He was ‘the_son of an Icelander who had, settled in Denmark, and was born at | { Copenhagen. There he Iles burled un- | der, a bed of roses in the courtyard | of the museum he epdowed. —_— Pavements. WMotortrucks .ruin pavements about as fast as they are laid. As fast as pavements get- stronger, trucks get Jurger and loads heavier, T e T T T T A A Bargain Army Wool Sox— - - " 8 pair for....... Overseas Caps— - 2for . . Nayy Blue Sox— 3 pairfor....... White Lisle Sox— 3 pairfor....... Jersey Gloves— < 8 pair for. ... S PerpairiUoll Angora Mufflers— Bach'. !0 i Leather Gauntlets— Perpair . ... Khaki Trousers— Perpair........ Khaki Breeches— Used, per pair. . . Used,each...... Muslin Bed Ticks— 2for......._.... E] il tree’s' growth on the cylinder. Ironwear Overalls—- Navy Blanket Shirts— RECORDS. GROWTH OF TREE Apparatus Known ' as the “Dende- graph” Does Useful Work in Gar- den of New York Park. A maple tree in the Botanical gar- dens of Bronx park in New York is the subject of a very interesting ex- periment. It is being used in a test of the dendrograph, an apparatus for recording the growth of a tree. To a casual observer the tree ap- pears to be merely the central sup- port of a wire cafe, such, as might be and many visitors possibly approach it with that in mind. There are four square walls of wire and a roof which meets the tree tronk above. A closer look reveals that there are no snimals or birds, although some- thing ‘that looks somewhat like a bird house is attached to a bracket at one side. - This In reality Is the Jittle tin house or cover of the recording drum ! Other parts of| the apparatus are the collar and belt} of hlocks which encircle the tree and the recording rod which marks the The Dendograph in* Position. = collar arrangement Is-in contact with the trunk of the -tree at only two points. The Instrument was installed before growth started. It gives a continu- ous record of all changes in volume ‘in the trunk of the tree. It records ‘these changes with extreme accur- acy. . Having been satisfactorily installed, the dendograph needs no further ad- justment, or, in fact, attention of any gort, excepting -that once a week the clockwork ‘must be wound and a hew record sheet placed an the recording cylinder, The tree -whose dafly and hourly growth is thus being noted and record- ed Is a young sugar maple about & foot in diameter, a native tree, not planted, but having sprung from a chance seed. The official memoranda accompany- fng the.dendograph stated that “the Anstrument consists esseritlally o “a ‘Delt of blocks to- be clamped around SO, i ' Feast for ...$1.00 -§1.00 ---$1.00 ---$1.00 00 Tomato Soup— = o ... §1.00 12cansfor ...... .. $1.00 Army Ponchoes— . . ' 100 .--5100 .51.00 .$1.00 .$1.00 ...$100 ..:5100 Adler Army Sox— "3 pairfor...:.. Horse Brushes— ' 2for..............$1.00 Automatic Brass Faucets— Each. . Recl. O. D. Wool Shirts— Each. ——Phone 729°W—— " board the train ‘bit a bevy of “girls ‘of my class!' . vision for “handliug any other. | s rity Shoppers THESE PRICES ARE FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, And Quoted So Low to Make a Real Bargain Day. Brand New Axe— Complete, each . - .. .$1.00 New Aluminum Canteens— 2for....... .00 0 8100 Velvet Tobacco— T 8cansfor..........$1.00 Corn Beef, 1-1b cans— 4 cansfor...... Each.. ... iviv .S Reclaimed Army Shoes— Perpair . ... y Champion Spark Plugs— 2for .. U. S. Surplus Army Goods Store i ins i 3 e New Kaplfi Bldg. IllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllI|llllmlIIllI[ll|II|IIIml|||lllmlllllllmmlllllllllllllll_flllIllan flie” trunk” of a free (m QUeN manher that it is belleved that no modificas thon of the growth action of the tree 1s caused excépt at the actual tangents where the blocks touch the tree. This belt of blocks serves as a stable sup- port for the recorder and other parts of the apparatus.”, " The essential feature of the afiparat. us is the yoke, made up of slctted bars ot barie, an alloy with a very low tem- perature coefficient, whichi‘is ‘held in position by the uprlght “fingers” of spring brass wire which. hold the; yoke in place without exerting any: notable ptessure on the tree. | A Barberic Tale. Dad is 'head of the English depart. ment of a university.. Before leaving | for our summer cottage at the coast we.were both barbered, as our island boasts no such shop. On returning ‘three months later mother gaid we should leave, not on Saturday, as plapned, but on Sunday, 8o that we could be trimmed up in the city on Monday before the long rail- road journey hack to'the college town. So we reached the city early Monday morning to”find no barber working! Labor day! Two days and three nights_ by * train ~ with a summer’s growth! As we neared” home who should I'm Paderewski about’ college now.—Chicago Tilhune, | 1 Woods Flowaer-Carpeted. Soon.after the earllest blossoms have lifted their. heads to the sunshine.the stately- queen of- -the vernal woods—, the large.white tyillium—unfurls. her, banners of snowy white. In many woods this - specigs - occurs in- such . numbers as_to, give,the forest floor the appearance of a white-starred car- pet. We are likely. to find a white spider, with. the. front._two pairs of legs much elongated, ‘sitting close to the center of the-flower. This is the white crab spider, a species which thus majntains ‘an attitude of waiting with its long ‘legs spread like a pair of forceps over the middle of the blos- som regdy to seize such insects as may visit it in search of nectar. or pollen. —American Forestry ‘Magazine Lumber Waste for Fuel. “Hog: fuel,”, consisting -of, sawdust, shavings, ground-up edgings, slabs and trimmings, is_widely: used throughout the northwestern lumber fields, but only as an incidental; and . the dis: posal of “this material is usually a charge against, the mill. * A central heating plant has now been erected i Tacoma, designed especlally for -the burning of:this fuel and with no pro- The fuel arrives on barges:and is handled by a five’ton ‘clamshell bucket and a system of conveyors.~ Scientific Aw ir- ican. v < e IIlll“IIIIIIIIIII}I_IHHIIIIIII' 1% IS -8l 00 .$1.00 $1.00 -§1.00 $1.00 0 A KEREERERERERBE KRS LITHUANIA LIKE U, S. TO YANKS | x BUCK LARE FERERRIRRRAXRAKKS Last Saturday evening there oc- curred one of the most pleasant so- cial events of the winter, when the people of the Woodland Union Sun- day school, about thirty*five in num- Many of the Officials and .Business Men are Former Residents of America,- Kovno, Lithuania. — The . “main street” of Kovno, which has always re- semblied, to a certain extent, that of & wild-west town, ‘has become -more Awericanized than ever.- Dozens.of tlic wen . now playing prominent roles 'in the Lithuanian government aud in-busi- ness here are Lithtanians who have| been in America and returned. to- their- birthland since the country won its/in- dependence, Some of the business mexu still retain their Anierican citizenship. More strictly 'American “type clothes are noted in Lithuania than any other. country of Europe. i " N Lithuania, exclusive of the disputed i‘:s;;;‘?}';’ éflj:ctmnt}e t;fieec};,hgiundc Vilna territory, has about 2500000 In | Mue. Sawsor wac 50 - sverwholmod habitants. At least 100,000 of these |with the honor that she could .only have been. at .one time or another 1f |reply‘in a brief word of thanks, after | America, " '['which the evening was spent in con- . The smallest Lithuanian village ge ersation, music and games. At 12 erally boasts at least .one English- |o’clock the ladies took possession of speaking citizen. Their.English is:of ‘the kitchen and made. cof d) the American varfety. .. ‘|served ‘a ‘simptucus linch. Dr. Zaunius of the Lithuanian diplo, | 1unch the” games were resumed: for matic corps said that nearly $50,000 ;‘;"‘f time. Tk cvent is one that will Qaily is coming to Lithuania from her ‘Tho:e“%a}r:?:‘e.Hqud .by ali_present. sons aid daughters i the . Dnifed | gy it R it 1}:3 g::' States. . -, ’ : ;| M. O Rogholt and family, Mr. and A great; role In,the econowic Jife,0f | Mrs. Albin Carlson and family, Mr. Lithuarta 1s. planned by the Americans and:Mrs. Nels Hanson and Missy kntht Lithuanians,” he said. “Trade enter:[Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rogholt, Mr. prises, factories, banks, elc.; are beiug |and Mrs.. A.: B. Frost of Cass ’Lnke. established with their money. A grouprland ‘Messrs. Osear,. Alfred and Ar. of them has.just purchased one of the |thur Rogholt -and = Arthur Carlson, largest textite factories in Kovy and.Mr, and Mrs. Jog Johnsop; - In, thé ordinary ¢calls of. a few days| . Mrs. Joe Johnson was in Cass Lake at Kovno, the correspondent found,tha 'last Saturday consulting an_occulist. manager and-president of the largest She is.having troublé with: hexr ey es: trading concern’ were. both American ! . Frank 'Severson .was scen in’ our citizens s neighborhood last Monday. Some of |. his business was: ta*’get a pair of ty. The event was planned as a com- adult Bible class the ‘greater part of | party, which came as a complete sur-| work in the school. The presentation was made by A.-B. Frost of Cass eign s Iawyer. Rhode Island-'Red chickens, donated: : N by Alex Sawyer tp the Farm:Bureau . Not Wiblly Unceifish » unit sale Saturday: evening,’ which ‘'was -purchased by -his Watson. - - ) Thfl‘. s!. Phillips, was _hauling He—Of course it, does, my own. ‘Tt sa:r;e;g and sawing woo is such a comfort to know that if I day. -He also. been should dic you would be provided for, . for ‘Messrs. Leathy” and She—But_suppose I shonid die first? Sugar Bush. | “He—Then I would be, provided for.| Miss Acsa Sawyer visited ~with —Doston ‘Transcript. . .. .Mrs. Ed Rogholt last Thursday. She—Does the . fact - that. T have: neighbor, Mr. money make uny difference to, you, | dearest? wood th e wing bolts Rector of _ CHOICE OF ANY "~ - NECKTIE = for Boys’ . Spe nel Wool ~ofor " Boys' o Sto " Linen BE; /DJ M/NES TA IT MUST BE i his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Alex Saw- yer last Monday. He also-called "on several of the n le repo his lumber ‘and shingle mills ‘rekdy to run ber, met at the home of MF. and Mrs. | Edna - Larson being hostess. Alex Sawyer and held a surprise par-| was a good attendance of the mem- bers as well as some visitors. A very pliment to Mrs. Sawyer, who has held | pleasant afternoon was spent. Their the office of superintendent of the :next meeting will be February 7 Sunday school and teacher of theiMiss Cora Sawyer. the time since the school was organ- | transacted business in Cass ized about six years ago. Beside the|last Tuesday. prise, - they- presented her - with a!their son, purse of $5 as an appreciation of hex | Kitichi country last Tuesday. DOLLAR-DAY OFFERS That will mean a real sav- ing to- men who wish ' to “stretch their Dollars, - ,Meri’sb Fancy ‘Dress 'Sox, _ 9pairfor.......§1.00 Boys’ Flannel Blouses, special Heavy Wool Sox, 5 pair' INTHEHOUSE | Mé_n(’.'s heavyweight fleece- - lined Union Suits. §1,00 | Men's Dress ‘Rubbers, a | ‘bigvalue .........$1,00 “Meti’s extra quality Flan- - -#was - Genuine Ball Band Ger- " . manSox........$1.00 " Sebteh Caps : .. ...$1.00 u 8for -$1.00 Henry Sawyer of ¥ ited ighbors. He reports The Blue: Ribbon Girls Glee “club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Larson last Tuesday afternoon. Miss There with M. 0. Rogholt and Lake Ed Larson Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sawy isited Henry, and family in the THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS ooTEr T e T ] gl ICATARRH OF THE STORIACH 10 e [ T (T E ‘thAN'T ENJOY LIFE Instead it is o source of miscry, cavsing pains, belching, dizzinesi.and head- aches ] g The persca with ‘s bad ‘stomaich” f- shauld Be eatisfiéd with dothing less* H thai pecmapca, listng relict, ‘H @ The fight remedy will act upon the’ finigs ofthe somach, cichthe blood, id i casting o the catarthal poisons [ and steengthen every. bodily. function. The large number of people who Have spocessfully used Dr. Hartman's. ‘medicine, recommended for all PE-RU-NA IN-SERVICE FIFTY YEARS E::u:‘::s.'—..lmn B o L ocus oo 0w} : X mmn;‘flgl TABLETS OR LIQUID 20 2 £ Lo e e G e e | E THIRTEEN L T Schiool Pants, extra Choppers, 3 pair long, black, Wool ckings, 2 pair. §1.00 Collars, all styles, GOOD”