Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 5

- S SEEN IN OFFING Economic Society Head Sees Time Coming for Guidance by Exact Knowledge. ‘The world “is now on the threshold ©of a statistical period,” when the present will be guided by exact knowledge of the past, Edwin F. Gay, president of the American Economic Association, told & combined meeting of the Economic, Sociological and Statistical Societies at the Washington Hotel last night. “But,” he insisted. “we are now per- mitting records which will be precious to our successors to be destroyed by hundreds of tons daily. “If we are to have better social con- trols” he said, “we must have more Tecords and more men trained to inter- pret them. A study of the operative social forces in a period of change will yield insights and understandings of the past. Ordinarily one does not wit- ness and record those day-by-day changes in one’s own attitude which are participated in by the majority of one's fellow countrymen. New con- cepts are diffused and slip noiselessly into men’s minds until the new face of the world becomes manifest with apparent suddenness. Thus there is strong reason to collect and preserve the commonplace documents of the im- mediate past.” Social Scientist of Future, Professor William F. Ogburn, presi- dent of the American Sociological Bociety, in his presidential address pre- dicted a new type of social scientist in the future, interested only in exact methods of accumulating knowledge in- stead of devoting much of his time to ‘weaving thzofle} of how things ought to_have happended. Dr. Edwin B. Wilson, president of the American Statistical Society, told of the application of statistical methods to the problems of the social sciences. “The United States of the World is an achievement toward which men may confidently press foreward.” declared Prof. Hornell Hart of Bryn Mawr Col- lege yesterday afternoon, after showing mathematical curves of progress in brain capacity, mechanical perfection, speed and expectation of life from the beginning of the human race. These, he insisted, have climbed upward, al- though there have been long intervals without progress. One of the most notable of these ad- v:nm he‘u]id, m undd::zlopmem o vely r and larger em- pim that of the early Egyptians in 1500 B.C. through the Assyrian, Persian and Roman to the present Brit- ish Empire. These larger and larger ations under one government, he said, demonstrated “the power of hu- man purposes to knit themselves into co-operative units,” Empire, although it.may fall in a few years, due to its mistreatment of some of the native populations under its con- trol, represents the high tide in the human power to work together.” Future Great Empire Due. Since the curve has been ever up- ward, he insisted, it is fair to assume that the future see even a greater emp‘idn, including all the peoples of the ‘world. A Some of Dr. Hart's conclusions were ed by Prof. P. A. kin of the logist, ted that he considered “psychological behavior- ism bunk.” the 5 ‘.Dh mflm had kui&t&d that n::nkln’ d achieving s greater capacity for " beauty in expression, citing the im- provements in musical instruments from the 1,000-pipe organ of 900 A.D. to the 15.000~pl?e ornx;m:: wd-dy. :ndd:'l‘u power of prese! and _spreading music through the phonograph and the radio. Dr. Sorokin insisted that the mnet result of this was more saxophones and jazz bands and that the present age was producing no Beethovens and Mozarts. . Earlier in the day Prof. Hart figured prominently in a discussion of the ori- gins of religion and the concept of God in mind of primitive man. He ted a basic concept of “mana,” & term taken from the Melanasian Islanders’ and meaning a mysteri- ous, thrilling, wonder-worl power believed to pertain to and flow out of certain objects and persons. President’s Pen is “Mana.” ‘This idea of “mana.” he insisted, ob- tains even today in the United States. ‘Thus, he illustrated, there is eagerness to obtain the pens with which the President signs certain popular bills. ‘They are just ordinary pens until he | th invests them with something which makes them desirable. The “mana” has flowed out of him into them. ‘There would be a subtle difference, he pointed out, between a human skull & million years old and a model of it. " laying only a mild interest in the r. ‘The popular mind would have invested the former with “mana.” Much of the origin of religions, he held, can be traced to this universa: concept of “mana,” which seems natu- rally to pertain certain objects. Thus a corpse, with the mystery of death upon it, has a sort of “mana,” he sald. He attributed the recent enor- mous pi ages to a Massachusetts graveyard to the still strong belief in a “mana” flowing from the bones of a long-dead priest into all the surround- of the grave. might be explained, Prof. Hart said, on the conditioned reflex theory » of behaviorist psychology, pointing out that “conditioned reflex” was only an- other term for the “association of ideas” used by older anthropologists in their efforts to give a rational ex- planation of the origins of religion. The objection to this mechanistic in- terpretation, which tends to destroy all religious belief, he contended, is that there are apparently verified instances ‘where “mana” works, where the exer- cise of the various enchantments upon persons unknown to them has had dis- astrous consequences for them, throw- ing out the explanation that the cures ‘were wrought by suggestion. Skeptic Vouched for Cures. Such sceptics as the Prench psychia- trist, Janet, he said, have vouched for cures of complicated organic diseases at the Grotto of Lourdes. The term 'suggestion” itself, popular with psy- chologists, he said, explains nothing, | for it is only another word for th: primitive “mana.” He insisted that science could not af- ford to discard without much further consideration the possibility that some “mana” represents real forces, the na- ture of which is still unknown. He in- sisted ‘that there are well verified in- stances of the working of suggestion, or “mant at a distance. ‘There he said, three views of prayer. One, widely accepted by scien- tists, is that it is “just bunk and a process of kidding one's self.” Another school of thought holds that the indi- vidual is a part of a pattern of things brought about by a “pattern-making power,” not God in the accepted sense of the term, and that prayer is merely | an effort to understand better th> pat- tern and one’s part in it. Thus if one is ready to accept one's place in the pat- tern, through introspection, one has , conquered life. Th: third view is that prayer is a means of contact with an individual apart from one’s self or with currents of power. or “mana,” in the and the Brmnhl ' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER %, 19%—PART ONE. v ERAOF STATISTICS {PONNA ORTENSIA FINDS RADIO HELP TO HER SINGING CAREER Charming Lyric Soprano a Favorite in Wash- ington. Countess Mignano in Private Life; to Make Third Local Appearance. From the land of bel canto comes a charming singer, a favorite in Washing- ton, who holds the minority opinion among most singers questioned on the point, that she feels the radio is of marked assistance rather than being detrimental to the concert field. This lyric soprano is Donna Ortensia, de- Tfiended from one of Italy’s noblest fam- es. “The radio is a great help, in my opinion,” said she, “for it creates in- creased interest in a wider field of peo- ple in music. Only the people too tired to go out to concerts will content them- selves entirely with listening over the radio. After all, these tired people wouldn't go anyhow, would they?” To Give Song Program. Donna Ortensia, who, in private life, is the Countess Mignano-Piercy, arrived here over the week end, and will give a program of songs at the Carlton Hotel Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This will be her third local appearance in a re- cital. The daughter of the Duke di Mignano, a former Ambassador from Italy to the United States, and a Ru- manian mother, this gifted singer spe- clalizes in the folk songs of both Italy and Rumania, although she also sings the standard classics of song literature charmingly. ~She first appeared here publicly under the auspices of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend of this city, dis- tle:fuhhed patroness of music, in a joint recital with Oscar Seagle. Later she gave a benefit program at Mrs. Henry COUNTESS MIGNANO-PIERCY. F. Dimock’s, and two years ago sang a recital program at the Mayflower Hotel. Donna Ortensia, as she prefers to be known professionally, gave a recital at the Empire Theater in New York about 10 days ago that was highly successful. She is making few concert appearances this season, as she will sail on the Sa- turnia for France January 9 to proceed directly to Cairo, Egypt, where she ex- pects to spend some time visiting friends, and will give a professional concert. Next Fall, however, the count- ess plans to give an extended concert tour of this country. ‘The recital Friday is given under pat- ronage of Mme. Paul Claudel, wife of the French Ambassador; Nobil Donna Antoinetts de Martino, wife of the Italian Ambassador; Charles Davila, the Rumanian Minister; Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. I de B. globblns and Mrs. Lawrence Town- send. that science should seriously consider the phenomena of spiritualism. Dr. John M. Cooper, professor of anthropology at Catholic University, in- sisted that the only persons properly equipped to consider spiritualistic phe- nomena are slight-of-hand artists, and that scientists run the risk of being helplessly imposed upon. Dr. Cooper de- nied that “mana” was a universal phe- nomenon among primitive peoples. Cer- tain groups of Hudson Bay Indians with whom he has worked and who are very primitive, he said, have no idea that would correspond to “mana,” although 200 miles south, among more settled Indians, there is belief in Manitu, close- ly corresponding with “mana. Three Religious Forms. ‘The day has passed, Dr. Cooper in- sisted, when any substantial anthropol- ogist claims to trace the origin of re- ligion, although this may be possible some day when more data is at hand. At present, he said, there are three forms of religious bellef which seem to exist side-by-side among primitive peo- ples, so it is impossible to trace one from the other. These are Manism, or ancestor worship; animism, or belief in great numbers of lesser spirits, and the- ism, or belief in one or a comparatively few very powerful spirits. And magic is found flourishing beside these re- 1 Manism and animism, he said, are almost, but not quite, universal. Theism, while pot universal, is very widespread. Prof. Ellsworth Faris of the Univer- sity of Chicago said that psychologists and anthropologists have drawn un- ‘warranted conclusions as to the mental processes of primitive peoples, simply Teading into their minds what they themselves would think in like circum- stances. Magic, he said, probably de- veloped into science and not religion. “There are many proofs of God,” he said, “but I never knew one which was convineing to anybody who didn't first believe in it.” Discuss Character Education. ‘The implications of character educa- tion, now proposed for Washington schools, were discussed by Dr. Hugh Hartshorne of Yale University. - Prof. Hartshorne has been engaged in formu- lating, applying and interpreting a series of test situations to be applied to school children to discover such traits of character as honesty, co-operation and perseverance. These traits, he declared, represent .| nothing biological in the individual, but appear from the tests to be entirely the result of education in some form or other. Thus the same individual does not respond in the same way to different situations and the response seems generally to depend on the morale of the group. ‘While Dr. Hartshorne was convinced of the practicability of character edu- cation through group integration to a certain standard, he pointed out that is had a serious implication, for the individual whose character is developed as a member of a group does not have an opportunity to develop as an in- dividual. Prof. Gordon Aliport of Dartmouth College insisted that it is to the in- terests of society to mold character, but that character is an entirely dif- ferent thing from personality, which should be allowed to develop in- dividually. Individual Versus Group. Prof. Hartshorne held, however, that if the individual rather than the group is taken as the unit of character the fundamental group will become hu- manity itself, or some ideal society. “Logically,” he said, “we must be content either with better integrated groups and less integrated individuals or less integrated groups with greater differentiation among individuals, or else discover some compromise, or mov- ing balance, between the two. We are ot yet on the track of a technique for producing at the same time both social and self integration.” RACING SWEEPSTAKES BRANDED AS SWINDLE One Man Is Arrested in New Or- leans Charged With Operating $100,000 Pool. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 28.— Raiding police squads today moved into action against the “American-Canadian Sweepstakes,” branded by District At- torney Eugene Stanley as a $100,000 swindle on the local fairgrounds race track. One man, Henry Mills, was arrested, and ordered held by the district at- torney in connection with the s operation. A formal charge be made against him Monday, it was an- nounced. Police tonight sought several others believed to have been implicated. Mr. Stanley ordered police action when a newspaper reporter handed him a green lottery ticket with details of the “American-Canadian Sweepstakes” pool printed on its face and reverse. The reporter explained that he in turn had been handed the ticket by a direc- tor of a local race track. I.ove; B\;l Frt;m ioiberl. Not all love runs smooth and some- times Jovers run, according to a report recently given ‘the police by Lyons, France. Sweethearts trysting on the banks of the Soane were attacked by universe. As possible evidence of such )currents he said that in most cases ‘those responsible for great creative works say that the idea came suddenly into their consciousness, He insisted four men who stepped from it, re- volvers in hand, and demanded their CHANUKAH SERVICE T0BE GIVEN TODAY Ohev Sholom Hebrew School to Present Program at Synagogue Here. The Ohev Sholom Hebrew School will give an entertainment program at the Synagogue Auditorium, Fifth and I streets, this afternoon in honor of the eight-day Chanukah celebration, or feast of the lights. The program, starting at 8 o'clock, includes the lighting of the traditional Chanukah candles, a recital of the his- toric sacrifices and triumphs of the Maccabean heroes of ancient Judeah, songs and recitations in Hebrew, Eng- lish and Yiddish, and the presentation of a Chanukah playlet in two acts. Rabbi Leob in Charge, Rabbi J. T. Leob will preside, while Max Goldberg will lead the singing, and Miss Jeanette Leipsiger will furnish the piano accompaniments. The program will be repeated, in part, on next Sunday afternoon af 4 o'clock as a prelude to the anniversary banquet of the Ohe ! - buoue of the v Sholom congrega: program at the festival opens with a Maariv service, c;ndfi:g;g by Melvin Lewis, and closes with two general songs, * » “Hatilyah » '8s, “America” and Other Program Features. Other features include a violin 8ol by Sarah Rosen, Chanukah greennxg by Rabbi Loeb, and songs and recita- tons commemorating the Maccabees by Irvin Hayman, Bernard Floam, David Milloff, Bernard Osin, Sarah Dwarkin, Mildred Troshinsky, I Radin, 'Melvin and " Minnie Dwarkin. Songs will be “Hail the Macc: bees,” by the Hebrew School ~Bachanren in Hebrew, also by the schoo Land—Haint _und Amol,” by Annie Dwarkin in Yiddish, and “Kosel Ha- maaravi” in Hebrew by Jack Katz, A Chanukah dialogue will be given by Norman Potosky, Morris Esenstad, Abe Mason, Julius Sherman, Jacob Ep- stein, Fred Rosenberg, Bernard Zabrek, Walter Golden, Lawrence Fields, Robert. Mensh and a Chanukah sketch by Esther Osin, Herman Zabrek, David Sommer, Julius Sommer, Walter Gas- porow, David Epstein, Saul Radin, AUTO ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS BRITISH SCIENTIST Injured Companion Tells of Ejec- tion From Motor Bus Be- cause of Dog. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Tex., December 20.—A man sald to be Dr. Jonathan W. S. Carver, 52, British archaeologist, was injured fatally and eight other men were hurt in an automobile accident here yesterday. Among the injured was H. R. Miller, 21, of Roanoke, Va. who said he was an_assistant to Carver. Reports here indicated that Carver and Miller took a motor bus from San Antonio to Houston this morning, but were put off the conveyance because the driver objected to a dog they had with them. Later they were given a ride in an automobile occupied by three men. Soon after they were picked up the car collided with another automo- bile in which four men were riding. Carver died while being brought to a hospital here. Miller said he and his companion had been conducting research work in Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. Sev- eral boxes containing their final find- ings were sald to have been shipped to Houston ahead of them. HAITIANS SHOW CONCERN OVER LOW COFFEE PRICE Guard Commandant Finds Little Interest in Politics in 500- Mile Tour of Island. By the Associated Press. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, December 28.—The commandant of the Naclonal Garde returned today from a six-day 500-mile inspection tour of the mili- tary departments of the West and North and reported the country people were concerned only over the low price of coffee and the scarcity of rain. He found little interest in politics, but residents of the towns were some- what exercised over the low price of coffee and the taxation of tobacco and alcohol. ‘The production of tobacco has materially decreased in former tobacco centers, with the growers turning to the cultivation of other products. ‘The unusually prolonged drought has threatened the cotton crop and market produce. In all sections the comman. money. One seized the 1 by the |dant found holiday festivities in prog: throat and tore her hand! y—and | ress, with the peasant dances in full her sweetheart fled, A - EFFORT 10 STEAL BODY IS REVEALED Arkansas Sheriff Believes Two Men Iried to Carry Away Woman’s Remains. By the Associated Press. l MARKED TREE, Ark., December 28. —Sheriff E. H. Landers tonight revealed what ke believed was an attempt by i two men to steal the body of an un- identified woman found shot and beaten to death near here December 12. He said the attempt had led him to believe persons who knew the wom- an were anxious that her identity remain unknown. The body already has been errone- ously identified twice, once by a man who said she was his wife and once by a man who claimed her as his daugh- ter. Both women subsequently were found alive. Asked to See Body. ‘What the sheriff said was an attempt to steal the body was made shortly after midnight today, he sald. Two men went to a local undertaking es- tablishment where more than 3,000 persons have viewed the body, after midnight this morning, and asked to see the body, Charles Ramsey, an at- tendent, told the sheriff. Ramsey's suspicions were aroused when the men insisted on his going into the morgue with them alone and one of them pretended to become sud- denly ill, begging Ramsey to go for a doctor. ‘When Ramsey refused and suggested that his companion go for the doctor the man’s health apparently returned to normal immediately. Followed Men to Truck. Ramsey told Sheriff Landers that he followed the men to the street and saw them board a truck, bearing a Haiti, Mo., city license tag. ‘The attendant ran to notifly officers of the incident and returned to the undertaking establishment just in time to see’ the truck pass again, this time | followed closely by an automobile. Half an hour later, he said, the same truck stopped in front of the under- taking _establishment, but drove on when the occupants saw him. The sheriff was attempting the two men. 0DD CATERPILLAR TURNS TO FUNGUS Scientist Puzzled Over Question of Propagation in New Zealand. to locate One of the strangest of all forms of life, naturalists say, is the vegetable caterpillar found in New Zealand. This strange creature, known to the natives as the Aweto, is a sort of cross between a caterpillar and a fungus. It is the custom of the caterpillar portion of this strange life-form to bury itself a few inches below the ground at the foot of a myrtle tree, where it lives until it is full grown and then under- goes a marvelous transformation. At some time and for some reason unknown to the scientist the spores of a vegetable fungus become attached to the caterpillar's neck just between the head and the first ring and there grow upward to the height of from six to eight inches. In shape this stem some- what resembles a cattail. It shoots up three to four inches above the ground in which the caterpillar is buried, fill- ing every possible space within the outer skin, but leaving the external form of the caterpillar unchanged. As soon as the vegetable matter has been entirely substituted for animal, both fungus and caterpillar become hard and dry and perish. This object has now a brown color and resembles a wooden cater- fllar with a huge form standing up rom the back of its neck. How the caterplllar manages to prop- agate its species no one can tell. Usu- ally the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, the chrysalis changes into a moth, the moth lays eggs and these eggs again become caterpillars and so on without stopping. Many reasons have been given for this unusual combination of life, but none has been accepted, in its entire- ty, by the savant. The most reasonable explanation is that while the caterpil- lar is boring at the foot of the myrtle tree for its only food seed of the fungus are caught on the caterpillar's neck and there held till they begin to grow. OLSON MURDER ALIBI “PREPARED,” POLICE SAY Eff-rts of Suspect at Florence, Wis., to Prove He Was in Hawaii Arouse Skepticism. By the Associated Press. Oregon Governor ALBIN WALTER NORBLAD, Forty-eight, who became Governor of Oregon following the death of Gov. Isaac L. Patterson. —Associated Press Photo. Italy Is Worried As Births in Cities Show Big Decline Grave Concern Expressed OverDecrease of 29,460 in Eleven Months. By Radio to The Star. ROME, December 28.-—Grave con- cern is expressed here at the steadily declining birth rate throughout Italy. Simtistics just issued for the first 11 months of 1929 report 29.460 fewer births in that period than during the corresponding period of 1928. It is pointed out that if this reduction is not stemmed, Italy 10 years hence will have on her hands the same problem which at present faces France. The infant mortality rate moreover shows a tendency to increase, the blame for this being laid in large degree to city life. Certain cities reported no in- crease in births in the 11-month period. Trieste in November reported 246 births and 245 deaths, and Fiume in the same month 52 births and 57 deaths. In the district of Bologna deaths outnumbered births, while in Vercel not a single birth was recorded. ‘Throughout northern Italy the situa- tion is creating anxiety. Only in the south are conditions better, but even there the superabundance of births that formerly characterized this dis trict is less marked. (Copyri DEAN DOYLEHEADS SPANISH TEACHERS George Washington Univer- sity Faculty Member Elect- ed by Association. With the election of Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George Washington | University as president the two-day convention of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish was concluded vesterday. The sessions were held in George Washington University. The director of the lower division of Columbian .College of George Wash- ington and professor of romance lan- guages, Dean Doyle is a Spanish scholar of note. He is associate editor of Hispania, the journal of the Ameri- can Association of Teachers of Span- ish; editor of Italia, published by the American Association of Teachers of Italian, and assistant managing editor of the Modern Language Journal. He also was chairman of the local com- mittee on arrangements for the con- vention. Other officers chosen were William | A. Clarke, president of the New York City chapter, third vice president; Sturgis E. Leavitt of the University of North Carolina, and L. O. Wright of the University of Oregon, members of the executive council, and Alfred Coester of Stanford University, editor of Hispania. ‘The convention was marked by the apearance of a galaxy of distinguished Hispanic scholars and by envoys from several Spanish-speaking countries. The 200 delegates, representing col- leges and schools in all parts of the country, were recelved at the Pan- American Union yesterday by Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general, FLORENCE, Wis, December 28.—A young man, suspected by authorities here of being Erdman Olson, sought for three years as the slayer of Clara Ol- son, today produced papers in an ef- fort to prove an alibi. The papers purported to show that the suspect, who gave the name of Rodney Kelleher, was in Hawall when Miss Olson was slain and buried in a shallow grave near Rising Sun, ey three years ago. The authorities here sald they were skeptical and ecxpressed belief that the papers were a “prepared alibi.” Crawford County officlals, to whom identification has been left, however, sald they doubted if the suspect would prove to be Olson, since Olson has been reported captured in various parts of the country on many occasions. The suspect is being held pending further investigation. Olson, who attended col- lege during his courtship of the girl, disappeared a few days prior to the finding of the body. C.&0.BEGINS NEW BRANCH $7,000,000 Kentucky Development ‘Will Require 18 Months. RICHMOND, Va., December 28 (/).— W. J. Harahan, senior vice president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley railroads, tonight announced work has started on 43 miles of branch line to serve undeveloped coal and tim- ber lands in the vicinity of Pikeville, Ky. The construction, authorized several weeks ago by the Interstate Commerce ‘Commission, involves $7,000,000 and will require a year and a half to complete, the official stated. s One of the branches will be 28 miles in length, between Malard, Ky., and the Virginia State line, and the remaining 15 miles will be built in the vicinity of Johns Creek, Ky. Both will enter ter- ritory heretofore unserved by railroads. Miss Whittington Gets Cat. Dick Whittington and his cat were recalled at a bazaar held recently at St. Peter's Church in London. As a feature of the program a cat' was presented to Mls:d.ltntcervmmmgwn, who is a d'c- sce of e famil; ichard an Alice Whitungton. > °f B £ When the steamer Conlon entered a dock at Live recently 1,000 men: apphed for ST "oor ot unloading fruit, and the stampede many men and Were injured. FORD BRANCHES CLOSE TO BRING OUT NEW BODY Roomier Interiors and Variety of Color Combinations Promised in Statement. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, December 28.—The first official statement of the specific reason for recent temporary shut-downs of branch plants of the Ford Motor Co. was made tonight in an announcement that new Ford bodies will be introduced throughout the United States next Tuesday morning. The announcement, made by Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor Co.. said that the shutdowns were for the purpose of making changes in machin- ery and plant equipment. The new type bodies will have roomier interiors and a varlety of new colors and color combinations, Mr. Ford's statement said. Larger fenders and an “added sweep of line” are other features of the new body. System of Buzzers Causes Hoover to Replace New Desk By the Associated Press. A matter of push buttons and buzzers yesterday caused Presi- dent Hoover to give up the hand- some burled mahogany desk he first used after moving into the office formerly occupled by the Secretary of the Navy. ‘The desk on which the busi- ness of the President has been trandicted since President Taft moved into the White House was brought to Mr. Hoover's tem- porary office yesterday glistening from a new finish, made neces- sary by damage in the Christ- mas eve fire at the White House. ‘The Chief Executive had the desk brought over so the buzzer system utilized in the White House could be used in the quarters at the State, War and Navy Building. ‘The old desk was somewhat in the fire, but the scratches and stains had been potished away. 124 WOMEN GIVEN CENSUS BOSS J0BS Increasing Share in Work Throughout Nation Noted by Director. ‘Twenty-four women have already| been appointed as supervisors for the 1930 census, W. M. Steuart, director of the census, disclosed yesterday, in an- nouncing that women are being given an increasing share in this decennial nationwide job. Other women will likely be included among the remain- ing few to be chosen, Mr. Steuart as- serted. Only five women were chosen supervisors in the 1920 census. Their work was _considered highly satisfs tory, Mr. Steuart said, paving the way for the enlarged opportunity given their sex in the forthcoming enumeration. The women supervisors will be: Mary M. Graham, Selma, Ala.; Mrs. Emma F. Parsons, Tuscon, Ariz.; Miss Minnie C. Follett, Steamboat Springs. Colo.; Dr. Elizabeth L. Broach, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Judith A. Conant, Weiser, Idaho; Harriett M. Hallam, Blooming- ton, Ill.; Mrs, Alice Drake Jones, Gary, Mrs. ladys . W. Griffith, Fort , Towa; Merta Mitchell, Keokuk, Mrs. Charlotte E. Murphy, Ot- 07 Mrs. Annette Turner, X w, Mi Mrs. Sylvia J. Greer, Meridian, Miss.; Mrs. Rose H. Dildine, Cameton, M Mrs. Sallle B. Leim- brock, Marshall, Mo.; Mrs. Marie ‘Weekes, Norfolk, Nebr.; Mary E. Lang- with, Reno, Nev.; Mrs. Zoe S. Loker, Tonopah, Nev.; Mrs. Mary B. Wood, Ithaca, N. Y.; Mrs. Ida Marshall Cronin, East Liverpool, Ohio; Vashti Jones, Zanesville, O} Helen G. Dowen, Durant, Okla.; M Irene H. Gerlinger, Portland, Oreg. Mrs. Minnie C. Hopkins, Columbia, Tenn.; Mrs. Ardelle B. Gilman, Everett, ‘Wash. Supervision Important Post. ‘The position of census supervisor is one of great importance, requiring a high order of executive ability, Mr. Steuart said, explaining that each is responsible for appointing about 200 enumerators and must instruct them as to their duties, supervise their work during the enumeration, approve the payment of sums due them and an- nounce the population of each civil di- Vvisors receive a basic payment of $1,800 whatever it may be—as soon as the canvass is completed. Census super- visors receive a basic pyament of $1,800 and an additional $1 for each 1,000 persons counted within their district and for each 100 farms therein. The length of service of the supervisors will average about six months, with their heavy duties centering between the months of March and July. ‘Women Long Employed. For several censuses women have been employed in the capacity of enumerators—the people who do the actual house-to-house canvassing. They served as enumerators as far back as the census of 1900, and possibly in rare instances before that date. The num- ber of women enumerators has in- creased rapidly during the last three successive censuses, and indications are that more will be employed in 1930 than ever before. Enumerators in the cities work for two weeks, April 1-15, while in the rural districts they are allowed one month in which to complete their task. ‘The pay averages from $5 to $8 per day. Women of high educational and clerical qualifications are often willing to work for the temporary period, it was explained, whereas men of corre- sponding ability are usually already employed. COTTONSEED MEAL HELD MUSHROOM CULTURE AID Experimentl at New York Station Prove Successful With Green- house Plants. Although unable to explain why it works so well, the fact remains, says F. C. Stewart, botanist at the New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, and an authority on mushrooms, that the addition of cottonseed meal to the ordinary manure compost used in grow- ing mushrooms results in markedly larger yields. This was discovered in tests made at the station to determine Wwhether the space under the benches in greenhouses might not be used to advantage for growing mushrooms. This study made possible the trying out of a number of composts, with the result that the cottonseed meal-manure compost outranks all others. A re- port on Mr. Stewart’s experiments is available in a publication issued by the station and available upon request. “Mushrooms are sometimes grown under the benches in greenhouses, put the practice is not as common as one might expect considering that the space under greenhouse benches is usually not utilized for any other pur- pose,” says Mr. Stewart. “Perhaps, the reason for his is found in the dif- ficulty in maintaining the greenhouses the low, even temperatures and high humidity required by musl K Naturally, the temperature and hu- midity of the greenhouse are regulated to meet the requirements of the prin- cipal crop and the mushrooms must get along as best they can. However, some growers succeed fairly well in combining mushroom culture with the production of certain greenhouse crops. “The striking results obtained in these experiments indicate that cotton- seed meal may have an important place in mushroom culture. Success with mushrooms is uncertain, particularly among amateur growers. It is possible that many fallures are due to defects in the compost which might be reme- died by the use of cottonseed meal. The material is inexpensive and easily applied. Prejudice Being Overcome. An unwarranted prejudice to reindeer meat is being overcome and the market for the meat is being gradually extend- ed. The shipments from Alaska are constantly increasing. While this meat is gulfie different in flavor from mutton and beef, it is pleasant and desirable in every way. The meat is carefully cut before shipment and the purchaser gets little bones or waste. Virtually every ounce is edible. Reindeer roasts (the leg) costs 45 cents a pound. Steaks cost 85 cents and chops 55 cents, but there is no waste, & small amount of the meat goes a long way. Cheaper cuts of rein- deer combine with vegetables to make delicious casseroles or to provide a dif- ferent flavored pot roast. 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