The evening world. Newspaper, September 7, 1922, Page 21

Little Fish, But Oh, Such Big Names! Queerest of the Tropics’ Finny Inhabitants, Some So Odd They Almost ‘Can’t be True!’ | By Will Van Benthuysen. eT F you are a regu woo! aquarist you probably know all about this. » dyed-in-the- But if you are only one of the other six million New Yorkers, who think that an aquarium means a globe with a couple fish eking out an absolutely unpri- vate existence with no secrets from anybody—if you don't know a Cichin- soma nigrafasciatum from a Tricho- waster lalius—if you haven't even seen a Guppy—then you should have beén at the tropical fish exhibition of the Aquarium Society which has just been held at the American Museum of Natural History. Not a fish there bore the least rela- ttonship to a goldfish. Four was almost a maximum size and a’big @pecimen might have weighed an ounce, but for weaith of color, grace- fulness and variety of form the tiny creatures make even the most highly bred Japanese goldfish seen stolid nd dull. And when {1 comes to well, there's no com} of sad-eyed gold inches section of our tropt 4 was repfesented by its little finny in habitants, each variety challenging for the most Interest, either by its bev dering variety of color design, by amazing fin formation or by the in nulty of its breediay customs, Litt bearing fish came from South Amer- fea, bubble nest builders from Asta amt rainbow hued “killie’’ from Equator Africa, all of them in glass t about six inches long and all Dames about threo times as big their own diminutive hodic For instance, take the Guppyl title Lebistes reticulatus, Known as Girardinus Gupy that for a name? And a Gu 1 inch long is a stant among Guppyi But when you start to count the colors of this pygmy of th: ass how you have to recke with all the ntinks of the rainbow a copper, silver the live-bearing the Xiphophorus Bame is swordt ACARA , the mmost wonderful parent-fish = AXOLOTL, which some- times leaves the water and becomes a Salamander economic value in tr eating all the ma catch, thereby helpin malaria and the dead are s0 common in those “gion N of the li bearers come from this stte of the world and they « timately related to our own little killies who fre doing their bit to keop thes meadows around New York from be ing entirely populated ty mosquitoes: ut of an egg. Hyt oles were Khown, and others bining the fe ly blue Parents in the same way t resembles its horse and donk« genitors, The Swordta'l tieularly brilliant exan ¢ fish. A rather monotonus gray brown’on the te fa bright red i ois suddenly ended by ne running the entire length of the body, Below this tine shine light and dark 1 greens and yellows in the sam nee that @ peacock's neck con riot of color © a top and bright ereen or yellow, with a black border on the projec- tion at the bottom, The palm for fin f ys, From this mes th + White on sabrelike nation goes to Africa, and na “*killle' heads the list, It manages to get along under the name of Fundulus gularus and th: Mluatration best describes its fanciful shape, though It ean give 1 1 of the beautiful blending 1 1 vers and browns that accen vats outlines second ty t 4 entius Camerone wo-inch surfa nine wh curves are pencilled with red, white, blue.and black in startling design Fish from Asin and South America vould give 1: t mang in the care of their youms. They. build homes for the it tt their lives from fish and teack them to 1 against fu i “ two spotted acara from Hritist Guiana is prob ably fhe most interesting of these @roups, Jt lays ils esss against. rock, the male and female taking turns in keeping a constant current around them by fanning the water with their tails. When the eg! hatched, the parents take the jn their mouths and hang them to roots of floating plants, There they stay until they are old enough to wim, being fed in the mean time by iittle food-sacs which form a part of thelr bodies when they leave the ems When they are able to get about in the water, the father takes up the process of education, The acara 1s one of several species grouped as cichlyds, Somewhat fish you similar is the paradise He belongs to the labyrinthine class, so-called because little ‘laby- rinths’? {n their mouths act as air compartments and form a part of the breathing apparatus, Like the rest rtf Hh YW) DANIO -MALABARICUS. Waant * ahstoa SPORC —_ Two of the most brilliantly colored live-bearing fish Uji Le Pe at = Le a DRAWINGS LIFE SIZE | When New York Was Young HALL LANE. 2W YORKERS rs. whihed» dows Alley to the East wondered at the who, for many Coenties River may little wtiire sidewalks, have curlous dark street whose mir some two feet wide, extended between two rows of buildings whose blank walls were overhung by rusty fire- dark little, street was a thoroughfare of Manhattan way back In Indian times and eamg inte. be- 1640, where the officers of ny. established the City Tavern near the shore of the I Just back of the Tavern lay Hoogh and ing about the West India Compa t River, street from Hoogh street a lane extended on the east side of the building down, to the shore, was later to be calted Hall Lne. had no name, ne that early Ne however, at the wYorkers used to go to and from it to the Gity Tavern which was a famous bright light in an turk, New York. The avern became historie almost as soon otherwise pretty when Indian fugit! settlementay in the In lian War of 163, quartered’ near the iavern} attacked the-distressed colon= from outlyii “EXSMERONENS| HANNA FASCIATA THURSDAY, of its cousins the paradise fish cuns went to Joseph Liner and makes a nest out of Dubble ¢ ‘1 for the best collection which it blows 1 ‘ 1 adult fish respectively water. The eggs are laid the rarity of the spect curvied to the nost, after nt to H.W r ctenob emale le to ¢€ them trius, Mar. yeople thought talls extra work the ale, V t to get the first prize for dnty it is to n 1 well It comes from Trin of al work t lab r ! 1 4 a beautit ver half. me from ern AS aped fel eer grace of nost interested in motion and The ladies we cacy color commend yourss t fight fish, ‘They the danios, also from Asia. They durt were not long in finding out that the about their tiny tanks with the speed could str up a serap very eastly bs of uny arrow, turn about in their own ting a mirror next nale speci- length and dart in a with the same seemingly speed. They keep this up new nd making him think he had a ess yival for the affections of his mate 1 gamblers stake big money as though they really had some placu on their favorite fish and the matches to go and no time to do it in place of the rooster fights Altogether thirty prizes were award- that are so popular through the rest ed, Including two silver cups. The of the Orient tuke the &4Y PARADISE FISH and its 4} OUBBLE a" i larger than the male Mi but has no coloring === SEPTEMBER 7, IT WAS LAST SATURDAY. ©, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN YOu | HE SAID SHE WAS VERY Copyright, 1022, Fork Hering Word Thy Frese Tuv.'Co.” By Maurice Ketten Bilt SAW YOUR HUSBAND AT THE THEATRE WITH A WOMAN THE OTHER NIGHT. Dictators for All! Ball Gamers and Film Folk Have Em; Why Not Everyone Else? —— Industry Can Scare Up a Guy to Run it for a Mere n t a fi By Neal R. O’Hara. t ‘opyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Compa YR five hundred staggered along powered director years bi with niome. No drama chiefs to wine Comme out boudoir se along haphazard on theory of every with Old Nick snap enders was then Now rl white t WAR BIA ** guy for himsel ping at ‘That tha movies pe the re and chucks Hays keeps | bleaching powder into film folks’ dirty one per cent. of G ments Mor H skid bath tub cakes. nerals We tk the work for nickels e tottered de Sewer ihe gany desk and a flat-top execu: ve to fit into it. If the stage and baseball and S 2 movies need scrubbing. the soap buni- $1,000 a Week ne Lenine is ss can stand ay little of It, too. the best guy for the soap ) Soap trade needs a sturdy dic- tor to investigate the 56-100ths of it that isn't pure. in also absorb other neat {mprove- Less decollete soap wrappers. suds from fewer bars. Non- There is plenty a Soap czar to clean up. vere Innocent fishes In those days. Hat check industry could stand a No baseball czars to slap mustard grand boss, too, A harsh, unrelent- ‘meson naughty ball gamers, No !2& chap to whip the brass check i BEeE : *° janditth into line, Harry Lauder ts film dukes to order extra veils for thie The posish. Harry's saved on his plaid by would feed 8,000,000 starving krainjans in any automat. For the safety. razor combine, Charles H. Hughes, a guy with a perfectly neutral chin. Chas. will favor no brand of safety razor over another, He will sidestep any for- eign entanglements—he's got plenty of his own right on his chops, But making safety razors safe for Demo- crats and Republicans ts a full-size Job for any man, Everybody up for Charles E. Hughes, holder of tho close shave championship for 1916, For the radio industry, Conan Doyle, all-around listener, lecturer and amateur photographer, If any guy can connect Newark with Hieay- en, Conan Doyle in the guy. For control of the municipal gov- ernment trade, Luther Burbank, grafting expert and lemon picker de luxe, Other names furnished on applica tion. Fall Preserves linen. Landis rales baseball with iron hair, Tells million-dollar} ists of Act Col and burned thelr es eae they get off and b PLUM BUTTER. houses, Those who escaped were oy nam ae oe mail DD only enough water to avoid lodged in the ¢ Tavern At the Cee ee ne ee aukes gr A burning and coc}: until plums pense of the West Inti ( fa weak waanateitane are soft, then press through Thirteen year ci > of Mizaoura,’’ “Arizone nder or sieve to remove skins ana ern was appointed i PRO EN Ss acre ciava thant hay've naiel es. Add three-quarter pounds which the municipal body should hold pi ai, etieahine afters Jie * igur to every pound of frult, also sessions and became wn Town cesar ty Sl t etage Sulves if desired, and cook until Wai et wan tt little lane Jerk the slime out of current stag da nara tick. To overcome the tart taste leading to it was given name Hall and use two carpet slippers for props Lane and sometime ferred to a8 where only one nightie grew bet cooks add an equal amount of “State House La cooked apple sauce and heat it with ‘ome hist P » think that Im other verbs, Gus will kalse plum pulp, Honey is very good the night life of H 1 came to the drama to play Zlon City for 1 plum butter, To every cup of an end ahout the time t night stands, Hoe will kick out ell fruit pulp add half a cup of honey Rane owing vas | edroom aets and put in mission f r half honey and half sugar erm ceased to the burgomaster niture. He will make all the gals CITRON PRESERVES, other reports French 4 undress tn thelr eae leel the citron and cnt remainder masters weren't id body as moma. He will clean upitne a they are recorty nd Rc canes then accounts w p i : i w I n it ts fit ( ) 1 parture Bar ant in 1954 It at a Right H burgom: com, Nett ¢ 2» him | t } an pr 1 yr A t Te : oie . Hall." : 1 And no doubt Hall Lane once more thet keep any good guy out of resounded to certain uavertain foote $5 ) job. Almost any plush-!ir steps. fmdustry, can afford to buy an extra small pleccs. Cover with cold r and add one tablespoonful of + to each quart of water Let stand night, then drain and thoroughly Cook in boiling water until Parent, then drain For each A of citron use three-fourths of ind of sitar and half cup boll and ekim well, When dd the citron r each of fruit add h ounce finger root and a cut In $. Cook until citron can be with a straw. Skim fromm the and put into Jara. Boil syrup ‘1 thick and pour it over the fruit. TOMATO MARMALADE. Feel four quarts ripe tomatoes and By Emilie Hoffman cut into thin slices. Add half a dozen lemons cut in very thin slices, two cupfuls seeded raisins and four pounds of sugar et all cook to- gether quickly for about an hour, then simmer uutil thick Going Down. Y DEAR FRIEND: One of Min Greatest arts in this world is to be # good listener, and in order to be a good listener you must pay at- tention to what is being said to you, 1 have found it a very excellent way of riveting my attention upon what is being said to me by another to repeat mentally (not loud, of course) what is be- d to me ing 1 find that this makes me re- said) and, | assure you, if | am not interested in what is being said, | burden my mind further, ing to @ lot of jabber is simply wasting your time; and time is money. Yours truly, ALFALFA SMITH. | member what wa do not Listen- The Jarr Family By Roy L. Copyright, “ce HERE are tho children?" asked Mr. Jarre when he came home the ning “Well, I'm glad to see you care for them enough to ask where they are," said Mrs. Jarr, ‘for are so cross at them, and cross at me, that I do believe you'd be glad not to have an “or Mr. Jarr little fee sometimes you children or a wife at all’! miss them,’* replied “LT miss the patter of thelr ourse 7 thelr soft warm arms about while their little dirty my collar—and thetr dear votee my ne hanc ear begging me for money to Where y candy or go to the moyios. © the little dears?" y are over at the Rangles hay Ing dinner Rangle children and then golng to a block party with the Ranges.’ soid Mrs. Jarr. ‘Any might scream and carry on when I fainted." ow repeated Mr. Jarre. “When did you faint, and why with the way, I wan afraid they n you faintec did you faint “T haven't fainted as yet at all,’ Mrs Jarr explained, “but Iam going to faint to-night at the supper table Gertrude knows all about tt and will keep her head and not tet m be ruined by having water da tm In fpety she smell will haye my Mg Salts in the kitchen all ready to revive me “To re ou? What's the bis idea, why should you faint?’ asked the puzzled Mr. Jarr “That's Just what I w t explain to you, If you would only let me!" said Mrs. Jarr testi! I can't gett} erry girls to go bom to F and 1 don’t want off, Diu net to go hor “ r have a cottage at At \ervand we can all 5 aud t them then faint?" Mr. Jurr inquired “Why, that's w explain to you collapse at dinner table shorti after desser ed, you must r and carry on and exela a heavens! This is nervous prost and utter collapse from o and a ceaseless round of social activi ties all summer, when she should have been resting at some fashionable 1922 (New York Kvening World) by Press Publishing Comp: McCardel! resort at the seaside! IT must tyhe her at once to the White Mountains with physicians, nurses and a. spec tain “Met asked Mr. Jarr. “Me ,to shoot all that bull—I mean, tell all those hightaluting lies?” : “Why, certainly,” said Mrs, Jar Jelly, “and you need not use sl&ne about shooting bulls in the hearing of the Cackleberry girls, They ‘are both insanely infatuated with that movie actor, Rodolph Valentino, and he ts now playing a bull killer. So if yeu mention anything about killing bulls it will only start them Boil: talking mush about him—the ‘only thing they agree on is their crush"on Valentino!"" “Now, let me understand this—fo you get to talking about movie actors and bull killers, and everything else except the subject in haad, id Mr J You are going to faint afte th rt is served to-night, and then Iam to say you have become « nervous prostrate because you didn have any vacation and that I will ush you off in an airship to Lake tagnant, New Hampshire, or Chit tered Reach, > all my fault?"* “Certal it's all your fault,”” said Mrs. Jarr, “but for you being so nice to them I could have got rid of them a month ugo—the Cacklebetry . because fs girls T mean." t only that,"’ said Mr. Jarr sot e ‘but T went to Philadelnh ped them aboard my mf! 1 steam yacht and brourh them here in chains, So you let ME fuint and then go: insane and chase them home with a cannon | Bible Questions And Answers a | QUESTIONS. 1. Of what kind of wood did Noah build the ark? Who went before King Ahasue sus to plead for the lives of the Jews? 3, What did Samuel do to Maur when he told him he was to be Cap- ton of the people? ’ ANSWERS y t the urk of gophe ” Queen went before King aie 4 the Nvegue the Jows 5 over Saul's head when he tokt him he was to be Captain of the people. (Copyright, 1923, Triangle Féature) derviga.3