Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1926, Page 20

- AMERICANS GIVING LESS 70 CHURCHES v Religious Modernism Blamed for Decline in Revenue by Dr. Straton. 87 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 25.—Dis- appearance of church expenses a falor item from the American farily budget is seen by Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Church, as “another proof of weakening influence of religious This change in the family budget recently was brought out through a from Cornell Agriouitural Col- lege, which gave the actual expenses of two generations of the same fam- fly. In 1880 the major expenses of the family were food, clothing. chil- dren and church, while in 1924 the church dropped out as a comparative major item. “Modernism,” sald the fundamental- ist leader in a statement on the sub-| jest to the Assoclated Press today, “has no positive religious message for the e, and, therefore. it is of no wvalue. Wherever modernism prevails vital interest in religion wanes, and it {s but a matter of time until all support of organized religion will cease, should modernism become really dominant. “An individual who has been truly regenera by the supernatural power of God through the preaching of Bible truths would not only be will- ing but enthusiastic in -the support of that truth that others may receive the blessings which have come to him. But any secular society or mere re- form agency could do the work that modernistic so-called religion essayvs to do, and, therefore, while large sums of money may be secured for the support of a religious establish- ment becauss of tradition or family influence, or a desire to help what is as a good cause, neverthe. less, the devotion of the masses of the peopie to the churches will weaken and finally die unless there is a re- turn to a vital faith in the tremen- dous truths of revealed religion.” WATER AND ELECTRIC CO. IN WEST VIRGINIA SOLD New York Announcement Made by Purchaser, Federal Water Service Corporation. By the Aesociated Press NEW YORK, September -Pur chase of the West Virginia Water and Electric Co. from the American Gas| and Electric Co. by the Federal Water Service Corporation was announced today by C. T. Chenery, president of the latter corporation. The initial payment on the purchase agreement has been made, Chenery d. By the terms of the purchase agreement the West Virginia com- pany property will be paid for out of the proceeds of the sale of $5.000,- 000 Federal Water Service Corpora- tion debentures. The West Virginia company serves Charleston, W. Va.. and suburban dis- trict. The purchase agreement in- cludes utility properties in Welch, W \a.. Butler. Montpelier and Albany, Ind.. and Three Oaks, Mich Willard Experience Built east at the bottom as south now is. overhead. Figure 1.—The constellations. October 1 at 9 sky so that the direction faced is at the bottom. Figure 2.—Orbits of the earth and Mars. Starry Skies in October By Prof. Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. .m. Hold the map_to the ‘hat is, if facing east hold The center of the map is the point The sky in the early evenings of October is probably less interesting than in any other mont1 of the year. Few of the very bright stars are visible and several of these are close to the horizon, where their light is much diminished by the earth's at- mosphere. The brightest stars shown on figure 1 are Vega, at A: Capella, at B; Altair, at C: Aldebaran, at D, and Fomalhaut, at E. This year, how- ever, two planets are in view which are brighter than any of the stars— | Jupiter and Mars. Their positions are | marked on figure 1. and, of course, | they - identified by reason of | the brightness. Jupiter. in the south, is the more brilliant of tt brightness remains N same all the month. Mars, however, | which i half a magnitude fainter | than Jupiter at the first of the month, is its equal in brightness at the end of the month. Jupiter moves but| little during the month. Mars moves | | a short distance. as <hown on the| | map. and is red in color. The position | of Uranus is also sho on the map, | | but this planet is too faint to be seen | with the naked eve. Saturn may be | seen in the very early evening in the southwest. It sets at 7:48 p.m. Oc- tober 1 and at 7 p.m. October 31 at Philadelphia. Venus and Mercury are too close to the sun to be seen this month. In August of 1924 Mars was very exceptionally close to the earth. When nearest. on August 22, its dis. tance was 34.600,000 miles. At that time there was an enormous amount | of newspaper discussion of the planet and the exceptional conditions. In figure 2 we show the orbits of the earth and Mars. A glance shows that | each orbit is approximately cireular. { but that the sun is not at the center of the circle representing the orbit of Mars, so that some parts of the orbit of the earth are closer to the orbit of Mars than others. It is evident that the planets will be relatively close to each other each time that they pass and that they will be as close as it is possible for them to be when they pass in the parts of the orbits which are closest. The positions of the planets when they passed in 1924 are marked, the dot on the outer circle marked 1924 being the position of Mars and the dot on the earth's orbit between Mars and the sun being the position of the earth at that time. When the planets pass Mars is in the' direction from the earth opposite to that of the sun, and we say that Mars is in opposition. Planets Closer Than at Until 1939, Mars requires 687 days to make its circuit about the sun. The earth, being closer to the sun, moves more rapidly and. of course, makes its cir- cult in one vear—365 days. Now, this month the planets pass again— the first time since 1924—in the po- sitions marked 1926. The average time between such passages, called the synodic period of Mars, is 780 days, or two years and two months. This year the planets will not be as closs as in 1924. The planets are closest at midnight October 26, at which time they are 42,600,000 miles apart. The distance on October 1 {s 47,300,000 miles. Nevertheless, the| planets will be closer this year than at any time until 1939, as may be seen from the positions at the inter- | vening éppositions marked on figure 2. | Naturally, other things being equal. | a planet may be seen best when it fs | nearest to the earth, and therefors should be seen best at its oppositions, Any Time greater distance from the horizon. | grows ftast, as every one knows: then This Radio The same organization that per- fected the Willard Radio “B” Battery is behind the Willard Radio “B"” Power Unit. This different Power Unit gives its-owner: Steady Power from the light socket beeamse it is designed to-rectify both sides Power Unit of theé wave in house-lighting current. . Real Economy because cur- rent is used only while your set is in operation—and there arc no tubes to replace. Safety because the solution is non-acid; harmiessevenifspilled. WILLARD POWER UNITS The Willard Battery men and Authorized Radio Dealers Plug in a Willard ) POWER UNIT | » jon and particularly those in the parts of the orbits are close together. great importance nsidered; namely, the po- the planet in the sky. In 1924 the planet Mars was far to the south, near the pesition F, figure 1. To see the planet the astronomer or any observer must look through the earth’s atmosphere. Except that he needs it in order to live, the earth's atmosphere is very obnoxious to the astronomer, and generally the leas he has to contend against the better his results. For this reason he places his observatory on the top of a moun- tain or other high ground, because then he is above a considerable part of the atmosphere. Wherever he ray be, he wishes to observe the object as far as possible above the horizon, for then again he has less atmosphere to look through. If possible convenient- 1y, he would look straight up at every object. In 1924 Mars was in such a posi- tion that it could be seen overhead | only at observatories near the eq tor of the earth, where few observ: tories are located. The great north ern observatories had it very unpleas- antly near the horizon. At Philadel- phia in 1924 Mars at its best was only 32 degress above the horizon. As any observations must continue over a periad of time. still more un favorable positions had to be utfiized. | In 1926, however, Mars hae changed its position so that it will be 33 de. grees higher up. Tt will be grees above the horizon at Philadelphia. | The conditions under which Northern | observatories will see Mars this month will be fully as favorable as those in 1924 and perhaps more so be- | cause of the advantage due to the Mars rises at 7:35 p.m. October 1 and at 5:10 p.m. October 31 in the latitude of Philadelphia. Tt will he at its best at midnight of October 26, although there will be no great differ- ence for several days near that time. Several times in the past we have discussed the wonderful star Mira in the constellation Cetus. This is a star which is usually invisible to the naked eve, but at intervals ing 11 months it becomes enough to be seen easily. This is expected to reach its maximum of brightness this month. Tt is the star at G.) To find it one may start from Mars, which cannot well be mistaken, and then look for the triangle of stars in Getus, near it, and then for the quadrilateral of stars at H. Mira lies between. Or, if one knows the great | square in Pegasus, he may note that | the line of the eastern side of the | square points nearly to the star at J. | which Is pretty conspicuous. The | quadrilateral is east of this star. All of the stars of Cetus except J are rather inconspicuous. - - L Boys Grow in Three Spurts. A bay grows in three grand spurts, Dr. Charles Davenport tells us. re- marks Capper's Magazine. The baby the rate of growth slows down for several yea ‘When borhood hegins growth again speeds up. reaching a climax at about eight vears. A second slowing down follows, and then a second speeding up; growth reaching a maximum at | 15--the all-hands-and-feet period. | The threa growth spurts correspond | with great activity of the internal | glands. Following this comes whiskers | and a bass voice. Fifteen years later | the victim begins to get some sense. | SALT GALORE NEEDED BY THIS BRINE SHRIMP Plant-Eating Citizen of Saline Lakes Prefers High Temperatures. Graceful Swimmers. Who wWould ever imagine that life could exist in waters containing a quarter of a pound of salt to every pint of the liquid, yet the brine shrimp is happy nowhere else. The tavorite place of abode of the brine- shrimp is in waters strongly with' salt that practically every other creature dies in so satu- rated a solution. These little animals, about an inch in length, are fleshy shrimplike forms with no outer shell or covering and are known by the scientific name of Artemia salina, be- cause of the habit of living in intense- ly saline brines. Brine shrimps may be seen by the thousands in salt lakes -and pools the world over, but they are es] clally abundant in the Great Salt Lake, the Dead Sea and in Mono and Owens Lakes, Calif.. where they congregate in the thickest part of the brine. Water with a high salt content is not the only requirement for the happiness of these unusual creatures. and are often found in wa- and over. the brine shrimp co sists principally of small fragm of the simple plant known as alga which are common in practically all salt lakes. In Mono and Owens Lakes the only other visible inhabi- tants are the voung of an aquatic fiy known as Ephydra, which are highly esteemed by the Indiuns as food. Tt is the brine shrimps and the Ephydra that attract the myriads | of existence. Their position while swimming is an the back and their course is thought to be directed b means of their very long tail. The color of these remarkable littl mals is mostly red and they ol congregate in such multitudes nea the surtace that the water looks quits pink with their bodie: Voleanoes Mar Glaciers. In New Zealand are a number nf of gulls and other water birds so|gevsers worthy of visiting, and in often seen about these lakes. The = movements of the shrimps are - especially They. revolve back and forth in the most graceful ‘manner. dart quickly to the right or to the left, or some- for they also choose high|times turn entirely over and seém temperalures for their places of ', ;harouthly enjoy the very fact brine | P interesting. | than ast vears thay were more beautiful today. Voleanic eruptions in 1886 destroyed ‘the terraces around the gevsers in many instances. [ce land also has seme notable gevsers and, strangely enough, their waters are ‘the hottest in Europe. ODERN dental science now charges many tooth and gum disorders to a viscous film that forms on teeth —- to a stubborn film one can feel by running one's tongue across the teeth and which ordinary brushing has not uccessfully combated. For that reason, largely on dental ad- wvice, many are turning to a new way in tooth and gum care —a way different in formula, action and effect from any pre- viously known—a way embodied in the special film-removing dentifrice called Pepsodent. Now an effective film combatant For years dental science sought ways to fight film. 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