Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1924, Page 75

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIN Wallace Irwin, n Letters‘of a Japanese Schoolboy, Presents Some IMuminating Ideas of the To Editor The Star. BAREST SIR: Before the Tumulty and the shouting dies by Kipling I wish you ‘would attach yourself to me for a few instance while deciding how I can make it more troublesome 1o elect a President than now is. 1 have decided to go into that high fight tooth and ears, whatever col- lapses. In meat poetry of Sir Walter Seotch, famus bookmaker. “Come one (1) come all, this sock shall fiy, J'rom its firm boss as seon as me." Reason for my umportant decision are as following: Last Wedsdy night, late p.m. after Sons of Samural Wolf-trot dance and Petting Jubilee, I emerge very talk- ative Into bedroom of my cousin Nogi, who inherit some fine intellect from me. And what you think I dishcov- ered him doing? Tipewriting, by solly! WIith intense fingernails he keep on clock-ticking off following words in long rows of piled-up languidge: “Naouw wmre tynbxxva&&? for all wx3)*t Now are tibe for cebbbb$$ all good Now are time for awl god ccexxx- 12% men Now are time for all good men to come to the ade of their party.” “What you doing at this unnecces- sary time of night, knocking letters on that Tipewriter?” I ask to know. “I are learning to be a stenograft- er,” he narrate, “so that I ean be wpainted Sectetary to next President Jrhen he get elected, it ever.” After that he click-tock onward, “Now are time for all good men to eome to the ade of their party.” “I are deliciously fond of parties,” 3 say with soclal volce. “Which kind must I come to ade of 7" “What sort of ade did you drink =t the party what you was just at?’ he requish like a pickle. “There was everything in it but lemons,” 1 snuggest with wooden alkohol seated on my breath. “But inform me this, Nogi. What are difference between those two (2) Parties you invite me to join all of 2 suddenly “What a curio question!” dib Nogi. “Do you not know that Reublickan party belong to Monree, famus for doctoring, and Democratick party are propitty of Jefferson, influential friend of Woodrow Wilson? Awake uply, Togo! How can you stand there on your sleeping feet? With a Presidential Nomination covering America everywhere, what are you doing to help that great publick calamity ™ “Please keep your shirt” I song out. “When thoss Conventions comes along T shall go there as a Delegate.” “How excited!” say Nogl. “To which Convention shall you go— Rep. or Dem.?" “I shall go @peek. “Umpossible™ he snarrelL “That would be against Constitution of the u. 8~ “So are Gin," T manoevre. “Yet 1 got it inside me in large goblets. Do not try to padlock me with your to both equilly,” I Delegate at Large. “I SHALL BE THERE AMIDST BANZAL" “But what variety of Delegate could you be to get inside both Con- ventions without suffering kick-out? he questionaire. “I shal be a Delegate-at-large,” I amplify. *“What are those™ he derange. “A gentleman too large for both Parties,” I say it. “So I shall be there in both Oration Hals when the keyhole speech begins. I shall be there amidst banzai, music, cigars, patriotism, soda pop and talcum powder (from lady sufferage mem- bers) while Hon. Will H. Haze or some other manufacturer of presi- dents ecirculate around with card in- dex expression. And who shall be first to jump to his footware with nomipation in his voice? Hashimura Togo, delegate from Yokahama, by golly!” “Who would you mention, if any?* require Nogi sourcastically. “If that Convention happen to be Republickan,—and I shall find out by asking—I shall commence with these wringing words: ‘Gentlemen, it gives me great siprise to nominate two (2) favorite Sons of Massachewsits, Hon. Cal Coolidge and Hon. Henry W. Longfellow. Also I nominate Hom Hi Johnson, who will give great pleasure to Hon. Coolidge when elect- ed—for are he not the Favorite Son of Cal? If none of those names makes you enthusiastick, then I am very joyful to nominate Senator Borah, that industrious bird of freedom, the Gull of the Golden West. “But sipposing that Convention should happen to be Democratick,” snuggest Nogi. “I shall find that out also by ask- ing,” I consume. “Then when knock- knock of the speaker's gavel com- mence I shall get up on my shoes ‘Ladies and gentlemen separately,’ T shall oratorio, ‘listen while I nomi- nate Hon. Wm. G. Mikado, the brakeman's friend, the soldler's bene- fatter whoss permanent motto are: Pro Bonus Publico. And if this name are not popular with brickliars, paper- hangers, bankers & other members of the Money Gang. then let me an- noy you by mentioning Hon. Jno. W. Davis who studied diplomacy under King Geo. before Cl Harvey got to be a Democrat. And what are the matter with Hon. Oscar Underwood, famus Alabambino, who, if elected, promus the American people never to mention the Tariff axcept when alone with his wife? And if those names do not hold your attention I shall prolong my list to include famus inventors like Hon. Hen Ford. Hon. Thos A. Edison, Prof Mike Pupin—!" “Stop up!” shouch Nogi like a fundamentalist. “How could you go into Conventione, axpecting to make Presidents, when you got no princi- pees?" “Hon. Mark Hanna, Hon. Boys Penrose and Hon. Chas. F. Murphy never had no principles worth swear- ing at, vet they made cansiderable Presidents,” I combust. “You are talking in triangles!” he hissy. “How in the World (N. Y. & Planet) do you hope to get there among all those swelled Delegates without even any platform?” “Ah 1 manage, "I shall have a platform pretty plenty. This shall be a economy platform, built for to suit both parties. Will that not please all congressmen who wish to save money for America™ “It might, but would it*" hassitote Nogi. *“What have you got on yr. famus Togo Platform, if anything “Following is it." I say like a tipe- writer: Introduetion. “It are Duty of every free citizen (and some slaves) to believe in Rep. and Dem. Parties equally, because they have been here 100 yrs. and show no signs of fatigue Now are the time for all good men to come to the Ade of their party. Let everybody vote on both sides & stop all this talk. Bl-Law Ome (1). “How can we eave Europe and save money at the same instan- taneous moment? If elected I promus to appoint a Committee and let them think about it. Preamble. “It would be a good LD. to move Wall Street to the Philippine Islands & let the Wood boys took over the management. 1 promus a reduction |in cable tolls for Boy Socouts & 2nd Lts Amendment 18. “Something are the matter with it Send answers to our Puzzle Editor. Mexico. “1 solomonly swear to send shoot guns to Obregon & poison gas to De la Huerta. After that let Nature tuke its course. Tarif. “Yes, we shall raise the ad valorium on bannannas so that we shall not have any. This also applys to coo- coo nuts, hat-pins & Bob hair. Check Room Boys. “They should be given a Bonus of 13 a day, thusly saving America 100000000003 per yr. After that they should be either shot or reformed. High Cost of Leving. “Federal Bureaus should be istab- lished in every town of over 26 in GTON,. D. C, JUNE 8 Stephen Leacock, Studying Present Conditions, Finds That Scefter Gives Way to Monkey Y dear Charles Mary Augus- tus Felix Sigismond: You will pardon me, I hope, this | briet method of address. For the moment I cannot recall the rest of your names. I need hardly say how delighted and honored I was to receive a letter from you written all in your own hand and spelt, as I saw at once, without help. It was perhaps wrong of you to pay Insufficient postage on it. But I do not forget that you were once & king and cannot at once Eet over it. You write in what are evidently wre ~hedly low spirits. You say that you . = living in Schlitzen-Bad-unter- Wien «* T get you right) in the sim- plest cuuceivable way. You have laid aside your royal title and are living incognito as the hereditary count in and of Salzensplatz. You have only a single valet and no retinue. You lunch, you tell me very plainly, each day upon a pint of Rhine wine and an egg. and at dinner you have merely a chop or a cutlet and a couple of quarts of Rudesberger. You retire to bed, it seems, after & plain supper— a forkul of macaroni—and T think you said about half a tumbler of old Schnapps. Of all the thousands who fed at your table in the days of your king- ship, none, you say, care now to share vour simple fare. This is too bad. It T only had vou and vour little table on Broadway in New York, 1 could give you the choice of a line-up of friends that would reach from the Winter Garden to the Battery. But that is by the way. The point is that you are singu- larly disconsolate. You tell me that at times you have thought of suicide. At other times you have almost made up your mind to work. I beg of you, my dear Sigismond, before adopting either of these alternatives, that you will listen to a little kind advice and will sit tight in Schlitzen- Bad-unter-Wien till things brighten —————————————— habitants. Pianolas, Ma-Jong and other kissing games should be fur- nished free so that poor folks be- tween the age of 16 & 60 can get engaged without going to Emotion Picture Theaters where war tax is too high. Fundimentalists & Radicals. “C'lergymen wishing to prove that they are Christians, in spite of their profession, should be allowed to re- sign and take Govt. Job# telling bed- | time stories by Radio to Deff & Dum Asylums.” “Are that all?” requesh Nogi when I stop. “That are all this week,” I pulmote. | “But like Candidates I shall think up | several other things as I go along.” “What would you call such a Ticket?” he deery. ““The Commutation Ticket,” I en- large. “By such a coupon Presidents can go to Washington and go home whenever they feel tired"” ¥rom this Nogi go onwards with his tipewriting, sipposing that 1 are always talking through my ocollar. Hoping you are the zame, Yours truly, HASHIMURA TOGO. (Copyright, 1924.) Wrencl as Emblem of Worldly Power. | do and which other people c “SITTING FOUR HOURS UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK.” up a bit. Unless I much mistake, my dear Charles Mary Felix, the world has not finished with you yet, nor will have for a long time to come. You remember that morning when you ran away from your hereditary principality, concealed in a packing case and covered up with a load of hay? All the world roared. You seemed all of a sudden changed into a comic figure. The uniform that you wore, that you changed twenty times a day, the medals which you bestowed upon yourself, the Insignia of the Duck’s Feather which you yourself instituted—all these things suddenly became the big laugh. * ok % % I e vou frankly. Charles Mary Felix, you and vour baubles had been no sooner swept into the litter heap than a thousand new kinds of folly sprang up to replace you. The merry Ballahoovian and the Unre- deemed Ttchitanian are running up a bill of taxes for peaceful citizens like myself to pay. Tam contributing my share to expeditions to Sgzieff, to Buckoo, and to Tickletoeria and to Terrabooba. General Choodenstitch is conduct- ing huge operations against General Corfinsky in Heptonia and I can't even remember which is my general or where Heptonia is. 1 have occu- pied Angoria and T don't want it. I have got an international gendar- merie in Alababbin that I think are a pack of bums. eating their heads off at my expense. As to Bullgurvia, Bekolina, and Bisseldonta, I belleve I voice the sentiments of millions of free-born {ncome tax payers when I say, take them, Charles Felix, they are all yours. The time is coming. I am certain, when a new pack of hicks will come to hunt you up {n your exile at Schlit- zen-Bad-unter-Wien, clap a field mar- ahal's uniform on you, put you in a bombproof motor car and rush you back to your herditary palace. They will announce that you have per- formed prodigies of personal bravery. You will wear again your twenty-uni- forms a day. You will give twenty- five cents to a blind beggar and be called the father of your people. STEPHEN LEACOCK. TO A PLUMBER. My Very Dear Sir: It is now four hours since you have been sitting under the sink in my kitchen. You have turned off the water in the basement of my house and you have made the space under the sink dry and comfortable and you are sitting there. I understand that you are waiting, smoking, for the re- turn of your fellow plumber, who has Eone away to bring back a bigger wrench than the one that you have with you. ‘The moment is therefore opportune for me to write these few lines,which 1 shall presently place in an envelope and deliver to you on your departure. 1 do not wish in any way to seem to reflect upon the apparent dilatori- ness with which your work has been done. I am certaln that is only ap- parent and not real. 1 pass over the fact that my house has now for two weeks been without an adequate water supply. I do mot resent it that you have spent each morning for a fortnight in my kitchen. Iam not in- sensible, sir, to the charm of your presence thers under the sink and I recognize the stimulus which it af. fords to the intellectual life of my cook. 1 am quite aware, sir, that all of these things are outside of the legiti- mate scope of complaint. For I un- derstand that they are imposed upon you by your order. It is the com mand, I believe, of your local union that you must not use a wrench with- out sending for an assistant; it is an order of your federated brotherhood that you must not handle a screw- driver except in the presence of a carpenter and before witnesses; and it is the positive command of the in ternational order to which you belong that you must not finish any job unti it has been declared finishable by a majority vote of the qualified plumb- ers of your district, The no doubt, make for the ga: variety of industry but interpos fear, a check upon the rapidity your operations. * x % = PBUT what I have wanted to say to you good sir, is this: You find yourself in possession of what used to be called in the middle ages & mystery—something which you car n't. And you are working your mystery for all it is worth. Indeed, I am think that vou are worl rather more than it is wort I think it only fair to tell you th a movement is now foot wh may jeopardize your esistence. A number of our national universitics have already opened departments plumbing, which threaten to bring your mysterious knowledge with reach even of the most educated Some of the brightest scientific minds of the country are applying them- selves to find out just how you do it I have myself already listened to a course of six speculative lecturr on the theory of the Kitchen tap, which the lecturer was bold enough to say that the time is soon coming when it will be known, absolutely and positively, to the scientific world how to put on a washer. Already pamphlets are being freely circulated dealing with the origin and nature of the hot water heater. It has beer already discovered that the water moves to and fro in the pipes of the furnace with sufficient regularity and ocontinuity of movement to render i capable of reduction to a scientif law. We shall know befors long just what it is you do to the thing to stop it from sizzling. You perceive, then, my that the moment is one w to give you room for anxious thought: You are perhaps not aware that a book has already been published under the ominous title “Every Man His Own Plumber.” It has been sup- pressed very rightly by the govern ment as tending to subvert society and reduce it to a pulp. But it at least foreshadows, the grim pos- sibilities of the future. May I, in conclusion, make a per- sonal request? 1f you have any friends who are in the bell-hangi business, or the electrical repair in- dustry, or the broken window mon- opoly, or the loose-chair-les combine will you kindly show them th letter? on dear ought Yours faithfully. STEPHEN LEACOCK. (Copyrigh 4 Many Greek Citizens Make Money Abroad Then Spend It at Home BY FRANK G. CARPENTER. ATHENS. OL. PLASTIRAS, the for- mer dictator and chief of state of Greece, expects to visit the United States some time soon. He appreciates the great ‘work that our Red Cross and Near XEast Rellef have done for the Greeks And wants to thank us in person. I met Col. Plastiras in his palace at Athens. Looking at him, you would mot imagine that he is a great soldier and his been the dictator of five or =ix million people. You could not reconeile his looks with the leader @f the revolution that condemned to the six highest officials of the ‘opposing political party and executed them forthwith. That act made the wortd shudder. It followed the de- fest of the Greeks at Smyrna. The x statesmen, gentlemen and scholars who were ruling Greece were tried for high treason, and the place of thetr execation was fized at two miles from Athems. The execution followed wlose on the heels of the trial. Omne of the men died of heart failure am the way., Another was taken from = hospital and given injections of strychnine to brace him for the wrdeal, He was carried to the ground an a stretcher and propped up against the wall, side by side with the four others altve. Then all were shot. *Their bodies were left in a heap and thelr relatives were told that if they did pot remove them the remains would be buried in the graveyard set aside for paupers. King Constantine Wwas then sent into exile, and Prince Andrew stripped of his honor and — Branching Mangrove. 'I"EB trees known as ‘“‘mangroves” form dense thickets along the seacoast in the tropics of the old world as well as of the new. They are characterized by the production of many prop roots from the trunks and branches; these prop roots reach into the mud and form practically impenetrable tangles. They thus serve to hold the mud together and are said to act as natural ses walls, pro- tecting the soil against the inroads of the sea. The bark of the tree is sometimes taken for its abundance of tanning material; otherwise the sev- eral species are of no economic impor- In many of these Tpecies the roots Vranch repeatedly before reaching the mud, instead of growing straight down. The root divides into two branches, one of which soon dies away, while the other continues the crowth. After extending for some distance this also divides into two, one of the branches persisting, and 50 on. The Dutch botanist Van Leeuwen had an opportunity to study a man- grove tangle near Samarang, in Java, and he discovered the cause of the peculiar habit of root branching to be s small beetle. The female beetle Jays her egg near the tip of the root. The injury causes a new root to eprowt out just above the tip and the eld tip contimues te. gTOW. The New Hellenic Land Reforms—A Look at Parliament—Voting on Sunday With Buckshot as Ballots—New Education—Greek Girls Who Prattle the Classics—Modern Athenians as Business Men—A Nation of Patriotic Givers— Taxation Developed to a High Point Among These People of Mediterranean Country—Relations With United States. banished. Both died within a short time. 1 thought of these things as I noted the man standing beside me, smiling and laughing. He is tall and slender and strikingly handsome. He does not weigh more than one hundred and fifty pounds, and this thin, dark face has a strong and rather prominent nose. His eyes are warm and kindly and his personal charm has made him a man of great popularity. He fs worshiped by his soldiers, and I am told that his fondness for children is such that he has adopted ten whose fathers were killed in the war with the Turks. He is not married and cares nothing for women. The only ‘woman he loves is his mother, an old peasant, whom he goes often to see in the mud hut in Thessaly, where he was born. Since meeting Col. Plastiras I have talked with the premier and other Greek statesmen about their country and. its prospects. They believe in Greece, and say that it will eventually absorb the million or so refugees who have come and are still coming from Asia Minor, and be stronger than ever. It is taking care of them now, and what this means you may know it you would imagine a simlilar in- vasion of the United States. In the past year or so Greece has increased NATAS, FORMER REVOLUTIONARY PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, COL. GONATAS, her people ome-fifth. If the same thing came to the United States we should have to take in almost in a night more than twenty millions of people. Every family under the American flag would have to add one to its members, and in the majority of cases this one would be a feeble woman or child. It is something of a nation that can undertake such a task and get by. * % x % REECE has been increased by the war so that it has nmow about 42,000 square miles. It is larger than Tennessee. The old Greece was as big as West Virginia and the new territory added is just about equal to two states the size of Massachu- setts. The country has almost dou- bled its population and it is rapidly approximating six millions. It you will take six cities the size of Detroit or two as big as Chicago vou will have about the total number of souls on the peninsula and its islands. The capital, Athens, is about as big as Washington; Saloniki, the largest port, is as big as Atlanta or Omaha; Piraeus, the port at the east, has 130, 000, and Patras, on the opposite side of the country, has 50,000, The country is largely mountains and lakes. It has many islands, and many arms that jut out into the ocean, THE GREEK CONGRESS, TALKS WITH FRANK G, OF THE COUNTRY. 50 that none of the land is far from the sea. Jt is so rough that only about one-fifth of it can be culti- vated, and fully one-fourth of it is covered with forests. Nevertheless, it supports this large number of peo- ple, and every one of its citizens thinks it the center of the civilized earth, The Greeks have been ruled by a king ‘for a generation or so, but their government has been a constitutional monarchy and practically a republio. Every Greek conmsiders his freedom equal to that of an American. He pays more attention to the govern- ment than we do, and as soon as he is old enough to speak he talks politics. There is no political center where the affairs of the world are settled each day to the satisfaction of all the people more than in Athens. Political discussions go on every- where, and mornings and evenings the people come together in the cafes and drink coffee or mastik while they talk politics. They wait for the newspapers that are printed in the ancient Greek letters, and their dis- cussions are in a language that, with a few modern innovations, is prac- tically the same as that of Solon and Socrates. The Parliament of Greece is differ- AND NOW A MEMBER OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT ent from our Congress in that there is only one house, the Bule, and in addition a council of state which in many respects takes the place of our Supreme Court. Only men may vote, and the deputies must be at least twenty-five years of age. The elec- tions are held upon Sundays and usually in the churches. In voting, each candidate has his own ballot box with his photograph on the top, and, if he wishes, he can keep his eyes on the polls. Every voter has to be registered. There are two com- partments to the ballot box. one labeled “Yes” and the other * The “Yes” compartment is painted white, and the “No” compartment black. The ballots are buckshot which are after- ward counted. There is considerable graft in the elections, and T am told that each congressman must expect to spend at least $5 per vote. The poll takes place on the same day throughout the country. Although the women’ are not al- lowed to vote or become members of Parliament, they frequently ald in the election of thelr husbands. They canvass the people, distributing prop- sganda and sometimes flowers to the voters. At a recent election a woman who saw that'her husband was likely to be defeated took embroidered flags to each of the villages in his district, and promised all who would vote for him a free trip to Athens and a ticket to the theater. The husband now has a seat in Parliament. The opening of Parliament is a so- cial event. The ministers attend in evening dress, and ladies are then allowed to sit in the body of the chamber. The priests wear their long black coats and thelr high black hats, and when the president {s installed the Archbishop of Athens and the deacona perform the services of con- secration. In this the archbishop holds out a gold cross for the premier to kiss, and then dips a sprig of olive into a gold vessel containing holy water and swats the premier on the brow. The other ministers are in- stalled the same way. I understand the sessions are lively and that a vio- lent denunciatory speech is likely to result in & duel. * ¥ % ¥ N addition to the international prob- lems that included the complica- tions with Turkey, Italy and the kingdoms and republics of the Bal- kans, there are many domestic mat- ters before the government. Land reforms are agitating the country and the big holdings are going from the wealthy into the hands of the poor. The government is dividing up the party that succeeded him. It is going on now, and last year by royal decree the expropriation of private property was declared obligatory. The lands are divided among the farmers according to their skill and ability, the size of thelir familles and their needs. They are graded as to the soil and crops, and a committee of distribution allots them. The gov- erument Is supposed to pay the own- ers, and it does this in interest-bear- ing notes, half of which are personal and half payable to bearer. The peasants will pay for the lands on long time, the government holding the mortgage. In all, some 10,000,000 stremata, a tract three-fifths as large as Massachusetts, will be taken from the owners and sold to 300,000 peas- ants. The value of the lands taken over will approximate $30,000,000. Among the other big questions are the taxes. Everything pays. Cash in bank is taxable, houses are taxable, and so are the fisheries and flowing waters. If you are a stamp collector, you will have to pay so much a year on your lot of old stamps. If a mer- chant with a stock worth $600, you ‘will be charged a tax on your capital. big estates of Thessaly, Macedonia and old Greece and turning them over to the pessants who work them. This oovement was started by Veniselos, and it was carried on by the Royalist There are also graduated taxes which increase as our surtaxes do. The Greeks are spending a great deal on modern education. According to law, all children between seven and twelve years of age must attend school. There are primary schools everywhere. There are 75 high schools and 425 middle schools, with more than 55,000 students. There are agricultural colleges and art schools, polytechnic schools, commercial schools and two universities. The girls' schools are numerous, and a college here at Athens which corresponds to Vassar, Smith, Welles- ley or Bryn Mawr has several thou- sand students. This is the Arsakeion; I visited it this week. It teaches the clasgics and the usual other courses that we have, and it has also courses in musie, domestic science and a thor- ough normal training for teachers. I am surprised at the wealth of the Greek cities. This country is really 2 l1and of the rich. It has many poor, but there are rich Greeks in all of the towns and one finds Greek merchants and capitalists throughout the near east. Until now they have practi- cally controlled the business of Con- stantinople. They own some of the “THE GREEK REFUGEES WHO WERE DRIVEN OUT OF ASIA MINOR BY THE TURKS ARE TO BE SEEN EVERYWHERE, RE- TURNING TO THEIR NATIVE TOWNS. THIS BABY TRAVELED FROM SMYENA IN A CLOTHES BASKET WITH HOLD ARTICLES SALVAGED BY, HER PARENTS. A FEW HOUSE- best houses of Cairo and Alexandria There are many Greeks in Jerusalem and they had all the business of Swrmrna before the Turks ousted them. The Turks do mnot like the Greeks. A Greek merchant of Alexandria built the marble stadium, at a cost of $800,000, and two ciragette kings, the brothers Zappas, erected the Zappion as a trades fair building for the Athenians. It is now housing 1,000 orphans for the Near East Relief. 1 eame over a fine automobile road from the Piraeus to Athens. which was built by another millionaire, and similar evidences of patriotic gener- osity are to be scen outside the capital. The Greek emigration to Ameriea began as far back as 1822, and it was at its height when the first Balkan war came along in 1912. Then abou! 40,000 came back, and the exodus from America continued throughout the world war. Many of the American Greeks have now little busincsses in the towns scattered over the penin sula and the island (Copyright, 1924.) (Carpenter's World Traveis, Cop 1924 Tight Speed and Auto Tires. AL"NMOBILE experts tell us that, in accordance with the law o physics, the energy of a mowing body varies as the square of fts ve- locity; doubling the speed of an auto makes the blows against the tires four times as great when bumps or heles in the road are en countered, and tripling the speed makes the blows nine times as hard The tires of an auto driven off th. vroof of a building forty feet high would not strike the ground with more force than do those of one run ning over a road at thirty-five miles an hour. The blows to which the tires are subjected when a machine is driven at seventy miles an hour are equivalent to those which would rv mlt if the machine were dropped 160 feet. Insulation From Milk. I* = =ald that thero has been de vised a process for making sulating pieces out of milk curds The curds are stirred into a pdste with cold water, and coloring matter is added if so desired, the resuit being heated to the boiling point. After the paste has been boiled for ten minutes, continued stirring re- duces it to & uniform pulpy consist- ency. This pulp is then taken, while still hot, to a hydraulic press fitted with hot molds of the shape in which the insulation picces are wanted. Af- ter being pressed into this shape the pleces are cooled and dipped into formalin which adds the needed qual- ity of a preservative. The produot is said to resist the action of acids, to be much cheaper than hard rubber and to be easily colored in imitation of agate, marble or the like. in