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TJh v ^ itik' mmM** k*i%A^a^ikiu^6BE;'^ibftifiSFr,' ikfc mmrnwmm- mmmm mw^m **- *» **»* ^ ... Wis f r,. ; •- of Ancient Chinese Culture K< 1 H-» fin Museum of Harvard Is nding Trio of Scientists on Exploring Expedition. ^Cambridge, Man.--The Fogg Art ftuseum of Harvard Is sending three men to China for exploration and research. The force will consist of Langcoo Warner, *06, who, until recently, was director of the Pennsylvania museum ; H. H. F. Jayne, '20, assistant curator of that institution, and Duncan McDougail, son of Dr. William McDougail, professor of psychology at Harvard. The work will consist largely of a preliminary survey In central " and western China and will probably last not more than eight months In the field. Mr. Warner, who is In charge of the expedition, hopes to make considerable progress In determining the kiln sites of the Sung dynasty and to visit some of the rock grottoes containing Buddhist sculptures of the Fifth and Sixth centuries A. D. • comprehensive series of rubbings from Inscribed and decorated stone monuments and a considerable number of photographs, which have not been hitherto obtainable, are expected to be secured for the Fogg museum. It is hoped also that two or three important examples of early architecture still existing In northern China and Manchuria, which are fast falling to ruin, will be thoroughly measured and photographed. To Collect Photographs. As funds are not available for the purchase of original objects of art to enrich the collections at Harvard, the first year's expedition will confine Its work largely to procuring photographs, rubbings, measurements and other materials for the study of early and medieval Chinese Culture. If the results of the preliminary trip warrant it, excavations will be undertaken next year, if the consent of the Chinese government is obtained. The Importance of such work Is apparent, the Fogg museum autboritiei declare, when it is realized that, although Europe and America, are familiar with the contents of early Chinese tombs, for which fabulous sums are paid by collectors and museums, no tomb with its contents undisturbed has been recorded and photographed by a responsible scientist. The tall pottery camels, prancing horses, jars and bronzes and Jade found disposed about the bodies of the dead have been brought overseas ">y thousands, but the priceless information by which they might have been exactly dated is not available. It Is argued that to know the arrangement of these little processions of figures In the grave, to find what wares are associated with others, to measure these tombs and to find and copy "in situ" the tablets burled with the dead would be worth more thifh the actual possession of All this material. Until the Harvard party reaches China nothing can be definitely foretold of the extent of its travels. Political disturbances may Interfere seriously with much that should be accomplished. and the government at Peking Is able to furnish the Fogg museum with no definite assurance that its representatives will be able to carry on their proposed investigations. It is believed to be certain, however, that enough opportunities will be found to repay the first year's work and to pave the way for a return trip. The Harvard party will devote Its time entirely to the study of Buddhist art, and Its labors will not conflict with those of other expeditions that may be in the countrjji -a-•' •.*' ' " *1 I •liniT If»n.«iii ir I 'ifc i/ftti ii« May Lift Skirts Even if Collision Restalfe Regardless of accidents, skirts may be lifted on a muddy street and the law will not interfere, according to Judge Fellette, of Los Angeles, Cal. This victory for beautlfally-ankled womanhood was won by Helen Holt, who is said to have been "careless and negligent of public safety" when she lifted her skirts while crossing a muddy street causing the drivers of two motortrucks to forget where they were going and to crash Into each other. I Huge Dams Built to Prevent Floods in Ohio Claims to Be Oldest Farmer in America That Is tihe title claimed by Georga Elkins of Buncombe, Indiana. He is ninety-eight years old and Is still active in his farm work, doing plowing and other work around the prop erty. He has a very good memory, being able to cite the dates, names and other data regarding the Presidents of the United States he has voted for. He claims his longevity can be credited to keeping cool and not worrying, which tends to cut down a person's years. Also, It is his contention that some of the people push themselves into an early grave by being mean and always on the lookout to even up with the next man. Mr. Eiklns does not drink and has not been smoking since the age of sixty. _ jDternuttuuiil In 1917, four years after the great flood near Plqua, O., wh!cli did millions of dollars damage to the surrounding countryi work was started on one of the greatest engineering projects in the history of the country. It is being completed at a cost of thirty-three million dollars. The illustration shows two of the huge dams built. Above Is the Lockllngton dam on the Lormle river, 78 feet high, 6,000 feet long afctf 400 feet widest the base. Below Is the Germantown dam below Dayton. s NO USE FOR A6ED In New Guinea Old People Aff Summarily Dispatched. Community Refines to Allow Them If Become a Burden and They Ars^ Put Away With Expedition. "I- C'""! U. S. Leper Colony i v Has 399 Cases Victims' Faces Now Beam With Hope on Small Island ; the Mid-Pacific. : Kalanpapa, Island of Molokai, T. H.--A spirit of happlnejss almost inconceivable and a peace that passes the bounds of human understanding walk with tragedy through the Isolated, cliff-guarded, surf-ringed strip of shore that has given this portion of the Hawaiian archipelago the name of "the 16nely leper Isle of Molokai.** A visitor to the colony, forewarned of the horror It holds, finds all of that horror and more that cannot be discussed. But he finds also that the Oil Flows From Los Angeles Wells- Los Angeles has suddenly become a city of Bhafts. Wherever you look you Ottd the gigantic structures lifting their ugly heads to the sky--in back yards, oil lawns, in the business districts and even In cemeteries The well*, mck quietly, bringing untold wealth to their owners. in i jiijl.to heavy fog of gloom which once enveloped the tragic, narrow stretch between the sea and the towering cliffs has been dissipated by a ray of light arising from the favorable results that have attended the use of the Dean chaulinoogra oil specific during the last two years In checking the ravages of the oldest disease In the world. The hope that springs eternal In the human breast is ever present now at Molokai, even in the most advanced SOS Lepers tn Colony. The number of patients here now is 889, composed of 263 males and 180 females. Racially the groups contain: Belgian. 1; Chinese, 14; Filipinos, 12; Germans, 2; Hawaiian, 238; part Hawaiian, 83; Japanese, 10; Portuguese, 27; Porto Rican, 3; Korean, 8. There are 35 non-leprous employees at the colony, ten non-leprous children of leprous parents and 85 other nonleprous residents. A man of wealth, of power and of influence throughout the territory accompanied the legislators to the island. He made directly for the hospital as soon as he landed from the vessel's small boat. When the main body of the visitors reached' the hospital he was sitting beside one of the beds, weeping. The bandaged form upon the bed was his son. Babies Are Pre® From Plague. But all Is not sorrow at the saddest spot on earth. Some distance from the hospital is a nursery. On the day of the legislator's tlslt It contained ten unusually healthy looking babies ranging from two weeks to five months In age. They gurgled, smiled and laughed, and shook tiny, chubby fists at the visitors. Although one or both of their parents are afflicted with leprosy, the most searching examination possible has failed to show a trace of the disease In any one of the children, or in scores of others who have been born to patients at the settlement. The children sre cared for by the territory. " ^ Camera Finds the * Ever Elusive Poles West Pointers Get Acquainted With the Heavy Guns Can Place Location Within two Feet in Wanderings in Area of 80 Square Feet New Haven, Conn.--Prof. Frank Schleslnger, director of Tale university observatory, has perfected what is to be known as the Zenith camera. Final experiments carried out here for over a month have proved successful. What is to be the exact value of this new "find" for the field of astronomy Is, of course, unknown, but men well versed In scientific study of the heavens have already planned important tasks for the apparatus. The optical principles of the Zenith camera were perfected some years ago by the English astronomer royal, George Airy, but all the new automatic features were designed and perfected by Professor Schleslnger, who first started work upon the instrument In 1811. For the last year Yale's noted astronomer worked vigorously for the completion of the camera, and except for a few minor changes it is now able to achieve all for which it was planned. Accurate Measurements. By photographing certain start they come into focus, the Zenith camera makes possible accurate measurements of the varying latitudes of this world. The focus of the camera Is directed through a huge telescope, so placed that only those stars passing exceedingly close to the zenith will be photographed. A plate Is Inserted in the camera at nightfall and, after figuring a time scale with utmost accuracy, a delicate clock system in alarm form is carefully attached. Then all action is automatic until the plate Is removed by an operator before morning light harms It. When the proper time comes the shutter of the camera opens and any stars within focus leave a sharply defined path on the plate as they puss westward beside the zenith. After a few seconds the shutter closes and a valuable picture Is ready for the methodical calculations of astronomical science. By measuring distances between cer various position* of the north pole are found. And since it has recently been discovered that the -pole" does not stay at the same point on the earth's surface, but wanders about in a space 80 feet square, such findings are of intrinsic value. Explorers In the Far North could possibly locate the pole within a mile of its proper position. The zenith earned can locate it within two feet Locates North Ptfe . Motions of the pole proso com. plicated and In some respects their cause Is so obscure that astronomers are agreed that there should be a considerable Increase In the number of Instruments suitable for such findings. There are only five In the world, three of them In this country. In accord with this Idea, Professor Schleslnger is hopeful that his camera may prove entirely successful and that it will be generally adopted and necessary observations made with it without additional expense at other points. Study of the Dorth pole field alone has brought many Interesting discoveries, chief of which are: the earth, taken as a whole, 1s as rigid as the strongest structural steel ar.d the land In the northern hemisphere Is creeping northward at the rate of one foot a year. This latter, although apparently insignificant, is of major interest to science. When Yale's new 26-lnch telescope Is set up In some land south of the equator, probably New Zealand or Sooth Africa, the zenith camera will be used to study and measure the stars of the southern heavens. ' Work of Individual A single bee, with all Its tnOtistry, energy and the Innumerable Journeys It has to perform, will not collect much more than a teaspoonful of honey {n a single season.' BONE HARPOONS FOUND IN ENGLAND ARE PREHISTORIC Antiquarians Verify Fact of Anoient Life in Britain. tilBdon.--The tact that prehistoric humans existed In the British Isles has been verified again by the reports of two learned committees Just published in the Anthropological Journal, Manchester. These reports absolutely vindicate the authenticity of two bone harpoons which were found beneath the peat at Holderness, Yorkshire. One harpoon is 4% Inches long; the other, 10 inches. Their Interest is great, as from certain peculiarities they are now proved to be the work of Maglemose men--so called from Maglemose, Denmark, where many extraordinary relics of very early mnii have been uncovered. The age of the Maglemose man may be anything from 10,000 to 20,000 years B. C., when the North sea was dry, when land connected Denmark with Yorkshire and Scotland and when the Dogger bank was covered with forests. LesUe Armstrong of Sheffield, a distinguished anthropologist, read a paper on these harpoons at the Hull tain stars sppearing on the pictured meeting of the British association last September. Mr. Sheppard, curator of the Hull museum challenged their authenticity, declaring them to be forgeries not mor© than thirty years old. Subsequent!^, they were carefully studied by two expert committees whose reports have now appeared. They were compared with four harpoons from Kunda, Esthonia, which are unquestionably of Maglemose date, and were proved identical with them in type, color and chemical condition of the bone. The lines of cutting were also identical. The two harpoons are declared genuine, and Prof. Sir W. Boyd Dawk Ins, one of the greatest living authorities on anthropology, writes: "I have no hesitation in saying that the charge that they are forgeries Is absolutely without foundation." Further confirmation of his view Is afforded by the discovery of a very similar harpoon under the peat at Bethune, in France. The harpoons are in the possession of W. Morfitt of Atwick. Similar harpoons, with other bone Implements of the Magtemose period, have been found at Oban, In the famous Mac- Arthur cave- Tribal law and custom in Guinea and the Bismarck archipelago, particularly in the matter of killing, is constantly coming into conflict with the white man's law and offers one of jhe most difficult problems that the white administrator is faced with sol*- in. The general attitude of Melaneslp ans In regard to old people is a case in point. As old people approach decrepitude, they become a burden upon the village and every opportunity^ Is taken to get rid of them. In some of the islands farther south off Australia, a general day is appointed for their ceremonial burial. Whether they happen to be dead or not makes no dlf* ference. Sometimes the old people actually march off to their own funerals, accepting their fate as the inevitable conclusion of old age; they even consider that it is the duty of affte^ tionate children to honor them by'thus putting a dramatic end to their lives, after they have passed the period of their usefulness. They are placed In a grave with tremendous ceremony* the whole village taking part, and the earth is firmly stamped down over them, to the beating of many drums. In the Bismarck archipelago, old people are occasionally taken Into the bush, shut up in some Isolated hut with a small supply of food and thus abandoned to slow death by starvation. A peculiar case once presented itsflf for settlement on the west coast of New Ireland. A boy of nine was brought In for trial, accused of the murder of his grandmother. He had been taken aside, so he said, by a party of the elders of his village, who said: "Why, you are growing up now tor be a big fellow! It Is certainly shameful that you should be a drain on the food stock of the village. We have altogether too many people dependent on us here. There are yourself and a great many other boys like you, and then there Is that grandmother of yours. She does nothing but eat and eat, and it has finally come down to this: We have not enough food for aU you people who loaf on the community. If your grandmother was dead, we might be able to find enough food for you." Pointing her out where she lay, a withered old cro^r, asleep on the ground a hundred yards away, they handed the ax to the boy and told him that If be struck Just where the front bone on her neck stuck out, and struck hard enough, she would Instantly be killed. Terrified by the ordeal he had Just been subjected to, dragged away from his playmates and confronted with the sinister and lowering elders, he took the ax, rushed over to the old voman and killed her as he had been Instructed, with one blow. He was then promptly handed over to the police by the chiefs, who seized on the occasion thus to rid themselves of two drains on their food supply.--From On Crime and Punishment In New Guinea, by R. W. Cllento, in Asia Magazine. Aerial View of the Duke of York's London Home More than 260 West Point cadets of the first class were recently taken to the Aberdeen proving grounds near Baltimore, to study the latest in heavy artillery In actual operation. There were no formalities duriM the j ^t of tile cadets, who were intent on acquiring first-hand knowledge of the giant guns. <;• ^ s.' - ' M'.'iniii iif"* ".T'"1' i ; t"'J1' Richmond park, London, which will be the Lo Bees Never 8ting Seme People f* Jack Beater asks this question td Adventure Magazine. He says: "I never had much fear of bees even as a kid. One Fourth of July when I was about fourteen, I experimented with several bee hives and some cannon crackers. The operation is simple. Slip up to the hive and insert the cannon crackers i". the main entrance, ' light, and run like -. Only I forgot to run. Well, the bees came out of the hive all right and. I believe, they stung every one within a half-mile but me. Why? "Another time I was raking a hsy* field with a two-horse rake, one of those wide affairs. The rake raked up a nice-sized nest of ground bees. The field was fenced and the gate was barely wide enough for a team to pass through. The team passed through all right, but the hayrake and I didn't. Xo sir, we stopped real sudden like. The horses were a mass of bees and I was very well covered myself. There were bees on my neck so thick I had to claw them off. But not one stung me. Why?* WOMEN IN BRITAIN A TURNING TO fair Relative of Peer Runs ' Machinery on Coast Liner. London.--American women tfho find dressmaking, office work, school teaching and similar pursuits prosaic or unsatisfying may take a leaf from the hook of their English sisters, who are rapidly taking to engineering, medi- «4ne, law and similar professional ocrupntlons which heretofore have been 4'ontiiU'd to men. Many English universities and schools have thrown <ipen their engineering courses to women on exactly the same terms as to men and the number of applicants •far exceeds the capacity of the classrooms. Tiie phenomenal success achlev hy Miss Victoria Drummond, a young Knjrll^h u «»tui;n, as a marine engineer. «im» faulted new tnrpnM* »n the possibilities of engineering for the educated woman. Women's engineering societies are springing up In the larger manufacturing and industrial centers, and one of the largest employers of labor In England said recently that no capable woman need fear lack of employment in this branch when she has successfully completed her training. Miss Drummond, who Is a granddaughter of the late Lord Amherst of Hackney, Is now chief engineer on a large ocean steamer, and soon will apply for a license as a sea captain. But in spite of her success, English educators do not advise women to specialize In marine engineering with Its peculiarly severe demands upon the physique and general health. Bather they are urged to choose the electrical branch of the profession; For not only does this work Impose less physical strain than any_ other v";. „ • V .. J form of engineering, these educational authorities say, but the employers are, as a rule, far less conservative In their ideas and far more willing to give women their opportunity. The women's engineering course includes applied mathematics, mechanics, drawing and design, magnetism qnd electrUity. pattern-making, the working of Iron and steel foundry work, electrical measurements, strength of materials and' theory of structures. Upon completion of her training, the woman finds many openings Ijj,, draughtsmanship. X-ray w ork, automobiles, patent Inventions, electric power stations, and auxiliary work. Many women lire today carryins: on small engineering businesses In England on their own account .with considerable success ., j -- -- • > Poet Stops Sale of LiHiW. Berlin.--Gerhard Hauptmnnn, Germany's leading poet, obtained a temporary Injunction against the sale of letters written by him to Otto Rrahm In 1S90. Hauptmann found the tetters being .auctioned for their awegrsphs by a Berlin aurlque deales. aeriul view duchess of Yolk. . luke aud PRIZES FOR BABIES ARE GIVEN PAPUAN MOTHERS Fathers of Four Children Have Their Taxes Remitted, London.--There's a healthy shock awaiting birth control advocates In far-away Papua, In the Pacific ocean, north of Australia. The natives of this thriving community appear never to have been bothered about birth control, for the most popular government regulation dowh there at present is a baby bonus for native women. Col. J- H. P. Murray, •lieutenantgovernor of Papua, recently in London, explained In an interview the methyls which have been adopted by the Papuan authorities to make It the best regulated and most industrious of the South sea protectorates. Xlie mother receives a bonus of five shillings, with an extra allowance for Yfioh additional child. The intention of the baby how* Is not, however, to show contempt for the birth control advocates, nut is Intended to hold up the mother of a large family as a person of distinction in the villege. The old native Idea was to despise the mother of many children. The officials set about to change the prevailing thought, and the recfent census report would tend to show that they have started in the right manner. Colonel Murray's report on the industry and thrift of the natives explodes another theory of the life of the South seas as being one long rest beneath palm trees, with dark-skinned maidens hovering in the background. This impression evidently is quite Incorrect, and even the tendency of the native toward a little cannibalism and head bunting has given way, under the influence of the British officials, to more peaceful pursuits of farming and road-inaking, - A aatlve Papuan must not only keep his village clean; repair and rebuild his house from time to time as directed t>y the government and make and repair roads, but he' must also gather coconuts or rice and pay a tax. In addition he bas tp fish and ktmt and cultivate his own gardens in order to provide for the wants of himself and his family. Under these regulations the tribes of the district have been changed from Idle and warlike natives Into honest citizens. Finds Out Young Man Can't Love Old Wbman Los Angeles.--"You're right. Judge. I have found out that a young n^p can't love an old woman." This was the answer of Mrs. Mary A. Randolph, eighty-seven years of age, to Judge Burnell of the Superior court after be had told her she was old enough to give romance wide leewxy. The aged woman appeared in conr: to press her suit for divorce from \Vw» ley Barry Randolph, forty-sewn yexrt of age. Jlulge Burnell granted jrt*fil*eree. Limit of Dissatisfaction. The ' troops had been marching through a sea of mud for hours, when at last they were lined up for inspection before a geneiai. . In the evolution a young cavalryman who had recently enlisted was thrown from his horse into the mire, from which he emerged In a dreadful state, though uninjured except in his feelings. The general himself, who had witnessed the incident, rode up, and, preserving his gravity with some effort, inquired of the trooper if he had suffered any hurt from the fall. "No," was the disgusted reply. "But if I ever love a country again, you can kids me!" m &: i# •• W Historic Square Threatened. Kensington square, in London,. ing from the days of William HI, is threatened by a commercial Invasion. To provide a garage for commercial vehicles. It is proposed to rase one of the old houses on the north side. Addison, Steele. Talleyrand and John Stuart Mill are numbered among the prominent personages that at one time lived in this charming spot. Distinguished artists and others are protesting against the step, which would irretrievably damage the historic sqpaMk Russian Military Service^ Compulsory military service Is In force in Russia, where all male citizens are liable to service between the ages of twenty and forty. Conscripts must spend a year and a half in the Infantry, and two and a half years In the cavalry, artillery and technical forces, three and a half years la the air fleet and fuur ^^ telt * the sea fleet. ^ mm.£