Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1925, Page 18

PIGTURESQUE ISLE CLAIMED BY MEXI “Plchlhnque" Used hy U. Navy as Coaling Sta- tion Since 1860. Distance lends enchantment to “Fiehilinque Island,” off lLower Cal- ffornia, reported fo have been in the “possession” of the United States as 2 coaling station since 1360, and about to be “returned” to Mexico. ; “Close scrutiny of Pichilinque seales the story down a bit,” says a bulle- tin from the Washington headquar- ters of the Natlonal Geographic So- elety. “Pichilingue is not an island, fu( a useful harbor, 5 miles from La Paz, metropolis of Lower Cali- Surnmv It has fairly deep water, well rotected, and in It anchor ships with #00 great draft fo squeeze through A Paz Channel. The harbor lies be- tween the mainiand and a little sandy $1and slightly more than a mile long and about §00 vards wide. This is Xepomezeino Island. On the south- dastern corner of this )siand the ¥nited States Navy since’ 1860 has intained a coal depot . Controlled by Salt Company. Small as Nepomezeino Island is, Rowever, the United States has not fontrolled it. ,All of the islet except he coal dump-and a pier bullt to frcilitate coal handling is controlled ¥y a company which harvests salt feom a lagoon which covers mueh of Xepomezeino. The Navy has main- thined six lighters in Pichilinque Barbor, for. owing to shallow water ipshore, oniy the lghtest draft ves- sels can be coaled from the pfer. The coal and lighters have been in aharge of the United States consul at b7 5 miles away tered La Paz with »pped mud honses desert, might almost have been down bodily from Arabia. One gains this impression especizlly in the evenings, when many of the tpwnspeople go 1o their roofs to en- JHv the cool night air. La Paz has been the place of importance in Low- € California for many centuries. Qortez repaired his schooners there, ahd, centuries later, Walker, the Yan- Hee flibuster, ralsed s fiag in the Paz $sh it T <ot its white, surrounded Known as Pearling Center. I “But it is as a pearling center that Te. Paz is most famed. The first Spaniards to visit the place were about to sail away in disgust when they discovered that the naked In- dians possessed pearls worth the ran- moms of many kings. Since that day nearl fishing has gone on in the La T'az neighborhood with the white man more or less in control of opera- thons “In_time the pearl-oyster beds were nertially exhausted in the vicinity of, la Paz for the Mexican government} has never compelled their proper con- servation, and the pearlers were fprced to go farther afleld ; “Nowadays the pearlers cri when they cruise at all—on the Pa- cific Coast as far south as Manzanlllo, BNt La Paz remains the center of the idustry “The mothqr-ships it out there, and € is there thal the pearls are brought 6 Lie 0l 1o the experts, who in sea- sens of wotld prosperity gather in the little mud-walled, paim-shaded, dpsty villege “The pearls of the Orient are most- 1y white and pink. which are pracise- | 1§ those which can best be imitated by the wily pearl counterfeiter. But| the waters south of La Paz produce many black pearls, and brown pearls, and golden and gray pearls, and rearls of many another enticing tint, They do not run as true in form as those of Borneo, but their colors can- npt be surpassed $“During recent boom times La Paz’ streets ran with money. There is a story of a black pearl for which an {the liberal governments dian canoe crew—not ons of whom, Tgrhaps. had ever pomsessed more | than a suit of white cotton and wide | Fat—was paid $200,000." NATURE SUPPLIES MANY | THINGS BESIDES FOOD | Ffom the London Answers As a people we get into the habit of tgking things for granted. For in- sance, we seldom realize that we are indebted to nature for other things n our daily food. But if we think for a few moments we shall see that, a every turn, we should be very badly | off if it were not for nature's vtonder»‘ 1yl gifts, Who would ever ptetty, colored, Inpking on our dream that shivery table tables like fairy fare, | Was once connected with cows' and oalvas' fest, and. in some instances | cdmes from hone and hide clippings. The size used in pasts and glue is a paorer kind of gelatin. which is made | frhm parchment clippings, old leather d rabbit and fish skin zv)r coats are made from the skin of thick-furred animals. such as ths seal, beaver, mole and even the hum- bie rabbit and rat Squirrels, and not camels. are re- edonsible for the “camel hair’ paint brushes which are named after Mr. Camel, who invented them. The hairs used come from the tip of the squir- rel’s “brush The elephant’s tusks provide us with ivory of the very best kind. The tusks of the walrus, narwhal and hippéta- mus yield slightly inferior kinds of fvery. which is used for making knife- handles and ornaments Artificial flowers are sometimes made from the iridescent scales of fishes, while some fish also give us oil “Train” ofl, which is used as a lubri- cant for machinery, is procured from the blubber of the whale; and, of course, you are all familiar with cod- iver oil! Then, too, a very reliable burning oil is procured from the cock- chafer. the | Jelly, | —— 2 To Kill Bugs on Plants. Tnsects are not very troublesome to house plants. If any appear, they can be disposed of if the proper steps are taken immediately. Insects are grouped into two classes: Those Which eat parts of the plant and those which secure their food by sucking out the plant sap. Those which ac- tually eat parts of the plant are known as chewing insects and are best destroyed by picking them off plants, says the Nature Magazine. They may also be destroyed with a spray of arsenate of lead. The arsenate is mdded to water at the rate of one table- ¥poonful to one gallon of water. Sucking insects may be destroyed by dipping the plant in oil emulsion or a proprietary tobacco extract. This material may be xpraved on the plants but the dipping process is more satisfactory. All Plants Need Light. ATl plants require some light. light supplies the energy canses chemical reactions placa inside the leaves Yions convert the raw food elements into the food elements available to the plant, says the Nature Magazine. Therefore, such sun-loving plants as geraniums, roses and abutilon, when set away in a dark corner, do not thrive so well as when placed in a sunny window. On the other hand, plants which like a mild amount of sunlight, and this includes palms, aspidistra, ferns and many of the vines, do not thrive if put in & sunny location. - - - . Sun- which to take These reac- i NATION-WIDE HELP IS INVOKED FOR DEVELOPING WASHINGTON American Civic Association Criticizes Conditions Here and Sends Appeal to Members to Enlist Support in Senate and House for Betterment. Washington's local. government is a jumble between fiva or six commit- tees of Congress and a half-dozen appointive jurisdictions, some of them overiapping. Outside the limits outlined in the L'Enfant plan for the development of the Capital great damage has been done since the origin of the plan. The street system in the newer areas has been “botched,” hills have been leveled, beautiful ravines filled, watercourses destroyed and needed park areas built upon. Bad living conditions have resulted for the thou- sands of Government workers from these inroads upon the spirit of the L'Enfant plan. Esthetic considera- tions have been lost sight of in the rush of development, with great pub- lic bulldings left without proper ap- proaches and surroundings. These are the conclusions reached by the American Civic Association regarding the present - situation in Washington's civic development broad- cast by mail to the association’s hun- dreds of members in every State in the Union. . Appealn to Citizen: The association appealed to its members to invoke the ald of their Senators and Representatives in put- ting Washington under a conerete plan for development “as George Washington would want to develop it” Working out of a compre- hensive plan for at least 50 years of development; acquisition quickly of all available park areas recom- mended by the McMillan commission, and of other areas that will check the danger to Rock Creek Park and will give adequate open spaces for the greater city are urged One of the most important recom- Australians Shy At Honors as Gift Of British Crown Democracy Asserts Itself Against Knighthood and Decorations. Correspondence of the Associated Prews MELBOURNE, February 5.—Aus- tralia is emphasizing its democracy the list of New Year honors was the shortest on record. Knighthoods and other imperialistic decorations have lost much of their significance and dignity here because of the scandals attached to their be- stowal. Certaln wealthy political workers are still prepared to pay the price to beecome knights, and the British government is quite willing to grant the appointments, but the Australian state governments, wisely gauging public feeling, has prac- tically vetoed the wholesale distrib- ution of these gifts The labor governments manfa. Western Australia, land and South Australia have leg lated against these awards, and even are going slowly in recommending the grant- ing of British honors. Dignified reward for meritorious service to the state is still under- stood, but many public men who have rendered signal service have insisted on remaining piain Mister. Australia has had only one native peer, the late Lord Forrest, who did 0 much work in exploring unknown Western Australia that the country forgave him his title. in Tas- Perfect Reproductions. From the Kansas City Star “Bill's the living photgraph of his father, isn't he “Yes, and his sister is the phonograph of her mother.” living Queens- mendations made by the aswociation is inauguration of a plan for local government that will give the local permanence, broud and centralized powers and both opportunity and re- sources to study and forward the making and maintenance of the Fed- eral City as “not only the most beau- tiful, but the most efficient, capital eity In the world.” Pledged to Fdenln. The association has pledged it to these ideals under its new regi Instituted a few days ago with in- stallation of Frederic A. Delano of Washington as president. It will re- new again the ideals for which it has worked for more than a score of years, lately under the direction of J. Horace MacFarland of Harrisburg, Pa., who served as president for sev- eral years and who has resigned, being succeeded by Mr. Delano The new president is a former mem- ber of the Federal Reserve Board, and has been chairman of the com- mittee of 100 on the Federal City for several years. He recently served as vice chairman of the National Confer- cense on Street and Highway Safety called by Secretary Hoover. Other officers of the association are: | Mrs. John D. Sherman, president of the Gemeral Federation of Women's Clubs, first vice president; John Bar- ton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, second vice president; Willlam €. Gregs, third vice presi- dent, and Mrs. Edward W. Biddle, Arnold W. Brunner, George B. Dealey, John Nolen, Vance MecCormick and Albert Shaw. general vice presidents. The association ha#® taken a stand squarely behind the Temple bill to es- | tabiish a national park in the Blue | Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and | urges its members to support the bill “Sherlock Holme: Works to Be Missing in Store Opened by Spiritualism Leader. Correspondence of the Astociated Press. Conan Doyls not only writes books nowadays, but he sells them. Sir Arthur has opened a hookshop across the street from Westminster Abbey and has taken over active manage- ment of the stock, which consists en- tirely of psychic literature. Not even the “Sherlock Holmes” best will be stocked. The shop has heen called the “Psychic Bookshop and Library” and will be used principally as a di tributing house for pamphlets and books dealing with spiritualism. Fountain Pen Repalnng HUGHES Nationzl Theater Bl 1325 E St. N.W. Franklin 7478 . BAUM & SON 464 Penna. 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Rhenmatism Backache St. Jacobs Lameness Lumbage Soremess O Chest Colds Rubs Pain Away Only 35 Cents authorities reasonable eontinuity and CONAN DOYLE’S NEW SHOP | TO SELL PSYCHIC BOOKS LONDON, February 10.—Sir Arthur| sellers | i STAR, WASHINGTON, LAUDS HADASSAH'S HEALTH PROMOTION Palestine Government Bu- reau Notes Efficiency of U. S. Women’s Unit. fCorrespondence of the Associated Press JERUSALEM, February 5.—The ef- felency of the Hadassah medical owganization, an American Jewish wobman's association, is praised in the amnual report of the Palestine gov- ermment’s department of health. The parg played by the Hadassah in hos- pitdélization is attested to by the statement that “of the 21,000 patients treatied this year in all the non-gov- ernmeental hospitals, one-third was treated in the Hadassah.' The Hadassah medical organization, the creation of the woman's Zionist organtization of Amerlea, about one-fourth of jts $450,000 year. 1y Budget from the Palestine founda- tion fund. Infant Welfare Promotion. Spealdtng of welfare, report istates: “The scheme in Jerusalem has been merged into the health welfare cen- ters, which the Hadassah medical organization is conducting on modern lines under the direction of well trained amd experienced personnel The Hadassah has opened several new centers in Jerusalem and ex- tended the work to other towns dur- g the course of the vear. It has also estabNshed the six-months course of tralining for graduate pros- pective nurses who wish to qualify in health welflare work.” In the chaptyr on the mortality rate the report pv‘\nh to the fact that “as a result of the activities of the infant welfare tations in Jerusalem the proportion ol ths among ba- infant the Complete. IMPORTANT! PRICE IS THE NOTHING ELSEXTO BUY: Set of Tubes, All' \\eceua Antenna Wire, v Outfit No. 1 Noted Type T “Ware” A neutrodyme that is thwe leader of the country far three tube performance. 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