Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1925, Page 21

FREFLIES ROVAL T OF JPANES 10,000 Donated to Prince Regent by Emperor. Sold in Booths. White House officials recently were puzzied over a gift of a Tasmanian wallaby. What would they have done if the White House ead of the im- perial palce of Japan, had been the address on a recent consignment of 20,000 fireflies? The Emperor gave balt his insect stock to the prince re- w=ant and pasture the rest in the kL 1 garde.s at Nikko. Che quickening sense of beauty which Americans feel before the mag nificence of a_skyscraper or the vast- ness of a stadium, the Japanese catch from small things; a firefly freed in a garden, the tilt of a flower in a vase or the s o song of a cricket,” says a bulletin of the National Geo- graphic Society from its headquarters here. Crickets Popular Pets. “Fireflies and .crickets are aly popular merchandise at temple I vals. A ‘midday’ of booths selling and flowers, gewgaws and games raction at these celebra- a firefly one joins a + owd in the temple park at pight under the soft vari-colored gleam arom hundreds of lanterns. Every grudy sta the lane scems an over- n cut away on one side to assing throng with light. firefly bazaar itself is like nothing else in the world. Innumer- able tiny straw and transparent paper CARE breathe in darkness and expel glow in slow pulsation. Among his fiveflies the merck stands like an idling leader of an orchestra of lights which seen r to be tuning for a grand symphony of illumination that comes off Each of these truly lanterns costs only a fraction a cent. Bound up in a common Japanese phrase is a legend about their che ed fireflies. It is a companion for the story of voung Abraham Lincoln workil problems in the flic ng ght with a shovel for a slate. Firefly Legend. | re lived in Japan a very poor | v, as poor in their nation S Abraham Lincoln’s father and foster mother were in 1llitois. They were lessed with a son who had great eagerness for learnang. But the poor pa uld not afford to send their son to school. They could not buy ndles that he might study at night. Bo the boy collected fireflies from the flelds, imprisoning them in a cage By crowding this curious lantern clc 10 his borrowed books he could make out the characters. ‘Winte came, snuffing out his firefly lantern, but he Jearned to hold his book where it caught the dim light reflected by snow nst the window. Study and work yught him honor and succe: i day when a Ja udent wishes to remark about a fellow stu- dent ‘burning the midnight oil he gays that he is using ‘hotaru no hikari mado no yuki, licerally ‘firefly light and window snow.’ “Before one sees the cricket booth one hears it. A miniature storm of noise rises above the murmur of con- versation. Elbow your way to the front of the crowd and it will soon B apparent that crickets are not all just crickets. Sweet singers among the crickets come high, just as good colo- ratura canarjes command a good price in the Occident. There is the weaver cricket, whose whirring tune sound of a hand loom. A her S like an electric bell heard in the d tunce. But it is not the mushi’ or bell cricket mushl’ song is that of jin bells Shinto priestesses use in sacred @ances. Only the Male Sings. “The attraction of crickets for light makes their capture easy by country- men with lanterns. Male and !emnlel @re usually imprisoned at the same | time, since Cricket’s wife is always| taggipg along. But mankind is ruth- | less with these family ties; the male | is immediate ted from the fe- male, for he alone sing: Placed in company with his mate sin; nd soon d Hi: lent partner | kept for breeding purposes “Breeding crick are placed in| crocks half filled with moist clay. The | male dies first and the female live: only until her eggs are laid. Left to the normal cours the eggs hatch about the middle of July. But mer- chants incubate crickets for the early Spring trade in warm rooms. A cheap dlet of eggplant parings, melon rind, cucumber rind or the soft interfor parts of the white onion satisfies the | singing crickets. | “Musical frogs also delight the' heart of the Japanese. Certain places in the vicinity of Toklo are well known and often visited in the eve ning by people, who love to listen to & certain speciés of small frog whose song is highly esteemed.” ENGLAND BANS UGLY SIGNS ALONG HIGHWAYS' Correspondence of the Assoclated Pre LONDON, _August 30.—Beauty spots in the English countryside are no longer to be disfigured by un- sightly advertisements. For 18 Years the advertisements regulation nct, designed te protect landscapes from advertisements, has had a loop- hole which made it inoperative, but this has been stopped by an & ing act which received 3 on the last day of the recent Parlia- mentary s or fines will now be order of the day for any one disfiguring the landscape with offend- ing advertisement. ENLARGE GAME SHELTER. 85,000 Acres of Maryland Wood- land Under Hunting Ban. Bpecial Dispatch to Tl BALTIMORE. September sroximately 35.000 wcr woodlands are h Star, 26.—Ap- f Maryland Compte, S Mr. Le C nnounced the ue- quisition of approximately 2,800 acres in Baltimore County for game shel- ters. “When land is set aside ame refuge,” Mr. Le Compte said, %t means that tae owner has signed & lease agreeing not to shoot any game on the land for five years. Hunt- ing is forbidden. By this means wild ife in the State is replenished. The fiew game refuges in Baltimore County will be stocked with squirrels, rabbits, bob whites, Hungarian part- ridges and Chinese pheasants. More Women Using Canes. * TIn the fashionable resorts of Europe &nd America more canes were carried by women during the last Summer season than during any other. The canes vary in length from swagger sticks, very short, to those fo “grand duchess” length. The styles in wom- 8n’s canes are more numerous than =2mong men’'s walking sticks. The colorings are a.feature, as it is neces- sarv for them to match.different cal- 5ol Gowns Around LL of us have seen shabby la- borers who were fine gentle- men at heart. This concerns a man who in years, dress and general appearance might have been a survival of the chivalrous age, but whose inner self was a cad. The other day an attractive young woman, prettily dressed, was breezing along the Seven- teenth street side of the Metropoli- tan Club when her ankle twisted and she fell to the ground. Her face struck hard against the pave- ment, and in a bewildered daze of ‘pain she was get- ting to her feet, sumehow, when the man walked . Being about 60 vears old and seeming the type of man who would <ympathize with any suffering creature in distress— and seeing that he looked at her—the young woman felt a childish desire 1o explain her accident—for you may have noticed that most of us are chil- dren when in pain. My ankle turned Without a comment or a change of expression, the man who looked like a gentleman but was a shame to his average brother, rich, poor or mid- dling; white or colored, passed on and out of the incident A young girl across the street hur- vied over to offer aid, but the injured one knew that what she most needed was rest long enough to straighten out her nerves, so she went over to the clubhouse of the League of American Pen Women. The hostess in charge was all sympathy and kindness, but all the young woman wanted was to pat her handkerchief on her discolored face and sit down long enough to zather up her courage. Then she went_home in a street car. Today the bruise has faded to pale lavender, but the impression made 1 the man is still black in her memory— to treat an injured woman like that— especially after she had spoken to him: Which shows that a_phy: in- jury is more quickly healed than that other hurt to what we call “our feel- in 3 a background of home love and worthwhile friendships, the young woman makes the mistake of think- ing man-meanness so rare as to make this one exception different from all his kind. It is a beautiful belief, and mostly a true one, but, if you look sharp, as you travel the Great Road, you will come across more than one descendant of that Bible Samaritan who “passed by on the other side.” * % * UITE a time ago, measured 1 lifte’s yardstick, there was an of- fice boy who simply wouldn't grow up. He wouldn’t study, and he wouldn't shed his knee pants, and he hated girls. When he wasn't running copy in the perpetual-motion place where he was supposed to work, he siestaed in the nearest swivel chair with any old thriller he could find around. variety his fancy expressed prodigally in forages into daily paper bags of lunches that bore the trade mark of motlier and home. And he absolutely scorned clean finger nails. They were “siss; The men to whom he was appor- tioned were addicted to fatherly warn- ings as to what happens to office boys who do not study to become editor: But the boy had a wide and large con tempt for editors. His ambition—his one great ambition—had been to climb a ladder on the outside and chalk off ba. ball scores until electric hoards came along, and after that he settled on a future of sightseeing cars | so that he could tell the world through | alas for the plans | THE SUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTON, the City of mice and men. One day a messen- ger higher up dropped out and the boy stepped into duties that allowed less time for thrillers and eats—but, at that, he didn’t study; his prime idea being that a feller could learn things outside of books, which, incidentally, some mighty wise men have said be- fore him. In the big place was a woman who faithfully administered her share of sermons as to the responsibilities of manhood. But her words fell on bar- ven soil. Gee whiz, he wasn't no man; he was a boy, and, anyhow, watch him come out all right—just watch him. “Bet you’ll be proud of me before you get through.” Kach admonitary pill was swallowed with gay unconcern until, one day, a shot was heard around the world and the next morning Billy showed up in long trousers and a necktie.. Father Time, by some inscrutable alchemy, had changed an office kid into a man. And the man went off to fight. And the years went by and by un- til, Monday afternoon, the boy's sister came into an office and sald to the woman at the desk: So the two women motored out to Arlington and put flowers on his grave. And the woman was proud, as Billy had foretold. * ok k% LACK-VEILED pilgrims, headed by a prelate of the home diocese, stood outside of the Vatican waiting their turn to enter and be received by «he Pope. 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It can be safely given to infants, yet it effectively moves the bowels of aduits. It acts gently, does not cramp or gripe. Keep it in the house and use it for any in- dication of bowel obstruction such as constipation, bilious- ness,_torpid liver, dyspepsia, pimples_and like skin erup- tions.. Give it early and it will break up a fever or cold over, night. A spoonful proves it. 'ree Before sin,” 522 Washington e Mino. s 1 nced 5 good Lexative and would ke T el S nd e o ree ial betcer Adinets who were there to smuggle in without a card of admission. Failing, they gave way to other swarms, and 8o on, as pllgrims came and departed. The law of entry seemed as immutable as that of the Medes and Persians, but— there are always exceptions. Two young girls on a students’ tour that gave only one day in Rome, hap- pened to be wedged in the crowd next to an elderly lady who was chaperone to the pilgrim band. And, as the girls bubbled out suggestions as to what would be the right thing to say to the Pope, in case they saw him—finally, settling on the always reliable “Pleased to meet you"—the elderly pilgrim, amused and perhaps a bit shocked, in- Qquired of the nearest girl If they had *ntrance cards? My goodness, they didn’t even know they needed cards! “They just got in last night, and when they asked what wasd the biggest sight to see in Rome, the gulde said, ‘His Holiness, the Pope.’ So they came right off—and couldn't they go in with her crowd— please?” Somewhat panic stricken at the idea of sponsoring two such cabarettish lit- tle figures—sleeveless one-pleces, near D. €, SEPTEMBER 27, 1925—PART 1. up to silken knees—the chaperon fairly gasped out: “But, children, you couldn’t possibly be allowed to see the Pope in bare arms and necks like that! He wouldn't like it.” The one who had a red bob and two dimples flashed defiance: “The Pope’s as bad as Papa—what do men know about fashions, any- how' They were such irresponsibly gay young things and so obviously unac- quainted with the official influence re- quired to obtain audience with his Holiness, that the fille of pilgrims nearest began to take amused inter- est, and the venerable Monsignor in charge--also amused—such is the magic of youth—stepped back to say to the chaperone: “If you ladies can manage to cover these young travelers, we will take them in with us—it will make their one day in Rome worth remembering.” Bo the veiled and over-swathed pil- grims, between them, shed a couple of unnecessary scarfs long enough to drape bobbed heads and callow arms —provided they were tucked under. ‘This sign of officia! standing so ap- pealed to the girl who had shingled hair, lacquered like just-shined shoes, that she whispered to the other: *“Take your chewin’ gum Mame—it doesn’t fit in here.” Mame whispered back that she dasn't. There was no place to put it andfhe didn’t want to throw it away. Then they glimpsed themselves in their purse mirrors, giggled at what they looked like, doubled their arms under, and waited for what was going to happen. The chaperone must have been a mother {n her own home town, for she took charge of the interlopers and coached them so effectively that the two behaved with an unexpected rev- erence, all the more surprising for the reason that it wasn't put on—youth being dramatic in its emotions. Also, the feeling might have been due to the austere splendor of snowy marble— corridors and steps for threo flights— the medieval picturesqueness of Papal guards; the crimson uniformed noble- men in attendance in the audience chamber; the silent expectancy of the black-velled pilgrims; the stately sim- plicity of the gentle, smiling, white- robed figure who was the Pope— out, g e e As the girl who was Mame con- sed afterwards to the chaperone: It was like being in another world —honest, when the Popc stopped to bless me, a perfect stranger who had never been introduced and wasn't even invited, I was so uplifted I swallowed my gum.” Everything has an ending, so_that when the audience was over and the girls _accompanied the pilgrims through the gallerles of the Vatican and afterward to the marvelous won derment that was St. Peter's, they re-' turned the scarfs and, in jubilantiy appreciative acknowledgment of the favor that had been granted them,| begged the chaperone to tell the Pope | how proud they were to make his ac- | quaintance and that they were going | to wear the souvenir medals they had | received, around their necks on a| chain. Naturally, the chaperone never ex- pected again to see the Pope, having traveled across an ocean for the priv- | flege which the two girls had so lightly enjoyed, but she didn't mention the| matter, except .to say that she knew his_Holiness would be pleased. The youngsters, ablaze with happy | fe: | ber of excitement, went their wa: nd that ended the incident—unless you would like to consider the queerness with which the great matters of life get jumbled together with its tinest fac- tors, Which {8 one reason why this world 1s such a nice, exciting place to live in. TALK ON ACCOUNTANCY. John T. Kennedy, president of Ben- jamin Franklin University, will ad- dress the new freshman class at the university at 7:30 o’clock Thursday evening on “Present Day Opportun- ities in the Accountancy Field. ‘The sfie will be admitted to this talk, ich will be on the third floor ansportation Bullding. 'ment is made by the uni- versity of the addition of E. C. Bos- worth to the accounting faculty. Mr. Bosworth aduate of Brown University a a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity. Mr. Bosworth has been dean of the Detroit School of Accountancy, mem- the administrative staff of Pace and Pace, New York, and dean of Pace Institute, Washington. wh ot E\'ER\' Fall new samples of Ranges and Heaters are placed on our display floor. ‘T.o make room for them our floors must be cleared of the stove samples displayed last season. To accomplish this in the shortest possible time every Range and Heater displayed last season reduced in price for quick selling, and—right now—when every new kitchen Range or parlor Heater—is s nouncement should prove itself welcome news indeed. $5 Monthly Pays for any Stove—Trade in Your Stove as Part Payment at 735 7th Street Trade In Your - O0ld Furniture- Haven't you oiten which are such a gr disposed of. 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