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/' DEMOCRATS NAME DAVIS AN Longest Convention in f Po- litical History Finally Concludes Its Labors. 103 BALLOTS ARE CAST Nomination of West Virginia Man Is Accomplished After Smith and McAdoo Give Up^--Meeting Lasts 14 Days. THE TICKET FOR PRESIDENT John W.Davis,of West Virginia FOR VICE PRESIDENT Chas. W. Bryan, of Nebraska By EDWARD W. PlCKARD Convention Hall, New York.—After a convention battle unprecedented in Its stubbornness and its length, the Democratic party presents to the voters of the United Stales the-ticket that heads this column. The Presi- dential candidate was not selected until 108 ballots had been cast, ex- ceeding the 1864 record, which was 57 ballots, by 46 ballots. Bay after day, night after nifrTt, the deadlock continued unbroken, with McAdoo leading and Smith a per- sistent second. They and their man- agers were determined, not to say ob- stinate, and repeated efforts to per- suade them to quit and thus to bring about the nomination of a compromise candidate, were frustrated. The re- ligious Issue, which was forced upon the convention in a fight over the anti-Klan plank in the platform, played Its part, and a big part, in keeping the delegates from getting together. . In- deed, It must be admitted that the struggle between the Klon element and the Oathollc contingent dominated the proceedings of the convention. Everyone deplored the introduction of such an Issue into Amelcan national politics, but no. one could deny that it had been introduced. On the fourth day of balloting Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, being granted the privilege of \explaining his vote\ from the rostrum, tried to persuade the convention that McAdoo was its logical choice. The galleries booed him, angry delegates fired hot ques- tions at him, and he accomplished nothing at that time for his favorite. Several state delegations and vari- ous Individual delegates changed their votes from time to time without com- ing anywhere near breaking the dead- lock. McAdoo's forces, though wax- ing and waning, in the main stood by him with extraordinary pertinacity, and the Smith legions were no less unyielding. Faxorite sons and dark horses were given tryouts day by day. but all seemed unable to develop real strength. John W. Davis once climbed to 129% votes, and Senator Ralston got as far as 97. Stick to It on Fourth Independence day came and found the delegates still In session, weary- eyed, alpiost apathetic, but Immovable. Not all immovable, to be Sure, for by that time many were running \short of both money and patience and several hundred delegates and alternates left for home on July 3. Some of these deserters were recalled by telegraph, and steps were taken to finance those who were \going broke.\ The Fourth of July session opened with \The Star-Spangled Banner,\ and every candidate's banner continued to wave. Augustus Thomas rend tlie Declaration of Independence, and al- most every delegate seemed confirmed In the opinion that his life and lib- erty depended on his voting as he had voted, and that therein lay his pur- suit of happiness. Through ballot after ballot the count displayed the same deadly monotony. Then Tom Taggert created a diversion by read- ing a telegram from Senator Ralston withdrawing from the-race—at least for the time being. Indiana there- upon gave McAdoo 20 of her votes and Smith 10. During the sixty-fifth bal- lot came a telegram from James M. Cox turning loose the Ohio delegation. So the Buckeyes gave their 48 votes- to Newton D. Baker, which didn't seem to help mntters, since scarcely anyone else took the hint. f Friday evening the Smith forces brought forward two propositions, one that the candidates be Invited to ad- dress the convention in executive ses- sion, the other that Smith, as gov- ernor of New York, be asked to come In and talk half an hour. Both were defeated by the McAdooltes, a two- third vote being required. The snnle fate met various attempts, on Friday and Saturday, to cut off the low can- didate on each successive ballot. One delegate moved that the convention adjourn to meet in Kansas City on July 21, but received little support. Baker Dropped Ohio dropped Baker Saturday and Smith's vote crawled slowly toward the 400-mark while McAdoo's totals as slowly declined. After the seventieth ballot almost the only persons who pnld attention to the roll call were the women in the California and Texas delegations, who mechanically waved colored bandannas every time a vot< for McAdoo was recorded. ' Late Saturday afternoon, when dr><-- pair and disgust had seized upon :ii' , flint master politician, Tom Taggart, I stepped to the rostrum and presented jthe first plan that seemed to offer a chance to settle, the convention's trou- bles. That was that the chairmen of 'the national committee and of the con- vention be authorized to call the rep- resentatives of the candidates Into a conference for the purpose of arriv- ing at a compromise agreement. With ja glad shout the delegates* approved of this\ scheme, and the convention Wns adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning. Labor for Harmony Saturday night and all day Sunday the harmony committee labored, but to Its most promising plans Mr. Mc- Adoo dissented, the failure to reach IJElEa CLANCY S FOR OVER'40 YEARS HAMi'S CATARRH MEDICINE has been used successfully in the treatment of Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MHDICIWB Con- sists of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves by local application, ana the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts through the Blood oh the Mucous Sur; faces, thus reducing the inflammation. Sold by all druggists. F. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. Judicious - Advertising Pays. Try it ith agreement was reported to j The convention Mond.ay and the weary round of balloting wns resumed. After the eighty-second ballot a res- olution was adopted releasing all dele- gates from all pledges and Instruc- tions so far ns lay In the power of the convention. McAdoo's strength al- ready was dwindling and on the eighty-fifth ballot he was below Smith for .the first time, At the opening of the Tuesday night session the convention was told ; by KruHklln Roosevelt that Smith would withdraw Immediately after such ncr. tion by McAdoo. The reply to this was an Increase of the McAdoo vote to well over 400. Ralston was tried nut but after his vote had reached nearly 200 he definitely withdrew. Then J. W. Davis was again boosted by the floating vote. Ninety-nine bal- lots had been taken when McAdoo sent to Chairman Walsh a message saying that he was loath to abandon his supporters by quitting the J contest, hut was now willing that they should act as their judgment dictated. All motions to adjourn hud been defeated and the century ballot was taken. Ui-Ailno fell off to 190. But the suspi- cious Smith forces stood firm. Just then W. J. Bryan showed signs of wishing. to, address the convention •igain, so, at 4 o'clock in the morning (he delegates hurriedly adjourned for Ight hours and staggered to their hotels. The one hundred and first ballot Wednesday noon showed both Smith and McAdoo fast fading out of the ilcture and John W. Davis looming ip over three hundred. Underwood, •vlth the support of New York, was a ,ood second and Meredith showed up veil. Senator Walsh, who wasn't eager for the nomination, received h respectable vote. Here was the mak- 'ng of another deadlock, with three or :'nur bolts. Despite Mr. Bryan's missionary trips hrough the delegations the vote for Thivls mounted rapidly during the next two ballots, state after state climb- ng Into what looked like the band wagon. - Vote changes came fast .and i veritable stampede resulted before rlio one hundred and third ballot wot ended. An so this most extraordinary oi convention contests ended in the nom- ination of. John W. Davis of West Virginia for President of the TJnltec States by acclamation at a night ses- sion Gov. Charles W. Bryan, of Ne- braska, was selected as his running mate, and the convention adjourned In the early hours of Thursday morning. The candidates of the Democratic party stand upon a platform which reaffirms the party's adherence and levotlon to the cardinal principles if freedom of religion,- freedom of the press, but does not denounce the Ku KIux Klan by name; which leclares the Ideals of world peace, the League of Nations and the Mad won by n margin of just four votes. Then the weary delegates re- lumed to their hotels until Monday nornlng. Pat Harrison, Keynoter Perhaps as good a way ns any to '11 of this convention is to relate its chief incidents day by day. Of course Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi wns the important figure on Tuesday, since he, one of Democracy's leading orators, was temporary chairman. Fol- lowing the usual preliminaries and the beautiful singing of \The Star- Spangled Banner\ by Anna \Case while thousa'nds of tiny silk flags If uttered from, the rafters, Senator Harrison was Installed and proceeded to deliver his long keynote speech. It was to be expected that he would excoriate the Republican party, and so he did. But somehow he did not arouse either the delegates or the gal- leries so taiueh as one would' have thought he might. Perhaps it was the heat. He was eloquent, however, and his language was Incisive, his asser- tions sharply pointed, his denuncia ; tlons of what his party thinks the misdeeds and shortcomings of the Re- publican majority In congress forceful. Me won laughing applause when he declared that what the country needed was not a sphinx, but a Paul Revere, and again when, poking n bit of fun at the Cleveland convention, he prom- ised that this would be no cold-storage affair, but red hot, highly seasoned and well prepared. Toward the end of his speech the senator did bring his hear- ers to their feet, and started the first real demonstration of the convention. As may be guessed, It was at his first mention of Woodrow Wilson. Every- one was ready for It, and on the mo- ment all rose with a tumult of cheer- ing. One by one tiie delegation stand- ards were uprooted, and a parade through the aisles started that lasted many minutes. In the midst of It the band struck up the \Battle Hymn of the Republic,',' and again the admirable Anna Case stepped forward and led the singing throng. Walsh, the Investigator On Wednesday, to prove that the women were being given their share of the .work, Chairman ITarrison In- troduced Mrs. Le Roy Springs of Soutli Carolina, chairman of the com- mittee on Credentials. Handsome, calm and cool In white silk, she took the platform, waved greetings to cheering friends and read her report In n fine, clear voice. Then the star of that day, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, was presented to the con- vention as It3 permanent chairman. \He is a real Democrat and the great- est investigator. this country ns ever known,\ said Senator Harrison, and the crowd howled approval. And again the state standards danced about the aisles and were massed In front of the rostrum, for here was the man who had done more than any other to supply campaign material, for his party this year, and whom that party gives credit for having done great service for the nation. Walsh Is known as one of the best speakersjn the senate, and his ajldress was well SyrltlPh ana vigorously de- livered, though again the heat served to lessen Its effect with the audience. Not so sharply, perhaps, as Harrison, but quite as effectively, he, too, set forth at length what his fellow Dem- ocrats consider the delinquencies of the Republican majority in congress and the Republican administration, and especially what they look upon as Republican attempts at palliation of the offenses and moral turpitude that Senator Walsh declared had been brought to light through the recent Investigations in Washington. He al- luded to \the palpable falsehood\ of the Republican platform In Its asser- tion that those Investigations exposed misdeeds by men of both parties, and dared his political opponents to name one Democratic omeeholder who \has been involved by the Investigators for anything he did whtlejn office.\ In his peroration Senator Walsh called on irfs countrymen to return to the Ideals of Woodrow Wilson and \re- sume the place he won for us—the moral leadership of the world.\ Which .mention of their dead leader brought forth another demonstration, the pretty feature of which was the re- leasing of a white dove from a bal- cony. About this time It developed that something had been \slipped over\ on the women who are taking active part In the national affairs of the party. It had been decided that the gentler sex should be further recognized by cre- ating a position of permanent vice chairman and giving it to Miss May Kennedy of the Bronx. The other women had not been consulted and the appointment was reported to the con- vention from the platform and ap- proved. Miss Kennedy, not before known In national politics, Is secre- tary to the sheriff here, and Is an attractive and smart young woman who later demonstrated her ability to wield the gavel acceptably. Ku Klux Klan Is Named More formal business, including a resolution of thanks to \Our Pat,\ the temporary chairman, and then came the roll call of states for presentation of candidates. \Alabama cried the clerk, and Alabama responded- In the person of Forney Johnston, a business- like, snappy looking gentleman, who, in a business-like and snappy speech told the delegates why Senator 6scar Underwood was their Ideal candidate. To him fell the honor of arousing the convention to the flrst-really spontane- ous demonstration so far. (That word \demonstration\ is overworked, but it is the only one that fit's.) Mr. Johnston said Mr. Underwood had asked him to place before the con- vention his views on ascertain mat- ter In unmistakable language. He did so, and when he named the Ku Klux Klan—the first outspoken men- tion of the organization—about half the delegates leaped to their feet with n wild war whoop that Indicated they shared enthusiastically In the' Ala- baman's condemnatory attitude toward the \invisible government.\ Theshout- ing ran like wildfire through the hall, and one after another state standards were wrenched from their sockets and carried\ Into the procession that quick- ly formed. Not all of them, by any means, and there were bitter strug- gles over some that did not get Into the parade. Most of the New Eng- land, northern and western states fol- lowed Alabama and New York Into the nntl-Klan demonstration. As a gen- eral thing the strong McAdoo delega- tions kept their seats and held their standards fast. In the Missouri sec- tion there was a squabble when John Keegan of St. Louis tried In vain to capture the standard. The women of the delegation uttered shrieks of pro- test, and Mrs. A. C. Parsons secured a hold on the staff that couldn't be loosened. In the Colorado delegation the row Was more serious, and the state standard was badly mutilated before the police could quiet the ex- cited delegates. It was to be noted that several standards In the parade were of slates In which the Klan Is especially strong, but In these in- stances, as In most of the demonstra- tions, the carrying of the standard did not mean necessarily that the entire delegation, or even the greater part of It, was In sympnthy. Not until the band leader, showing unwanted tact, started up \America which all could join In with good grace, was the tumult In the convention calmed. Char- acteristically, those in the hall who belonged to or sympathized with the Klnn sat silent under the Jeering cries of \kleagle\ directed at them. Big McAdoo Demonstration Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ar- kansas having been put in nomination by former Governor Brnugh, briefly, neatly and with little resulting fuss, the clerk called: \California.\ For this the McAdoo forces had been waiting on the edges of thelf' chairs and to the accompaniment of wild cheering a forest of California flags bearing the bear, sprang, up where the McAdoo delegates were thickest, and smaller clumps wherever in the crowd were a few votes the Califomlan had corralled. To the front of the platform stepped former Sena- tor Phelan, looking like n page from the history of 25 years ago, and pre- sented at great length the claims of his candidate. Laying stress on Mc- Adoo's record of good service rendered his country and the fact that he shared In the' work and ideals of Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Phelan did his level best. His speech was full of good things, but he couldn't hold the attention of the overheated audience. Men and women wandered through the aisles and those who remained In their seats chatted with their neighbors until the hall was filled with a murmur that must have been rather dismaying to the speaker. However, he had the satisfaction of knowing that,he was being listened to by hun- dreds-of thousands of radio addicts througTibut \Elie country. Chairman Walsh finally grew angry and -told 7 tjhe audience what he thought of their dlsr courtesy, and then they relapsed Into quietude for- a_few moments. Even the McAdoo enthusiasts were glad to have Senator Phelan arrive at the culmination of his address, for it gave them the chance to \bust loose.\ They wanted to show the Smlthltes and all the others how numerous and how determined they were. Califor- nia naturally led tlie dance; her men and women bedecked with gay colored handkerchiefs. In the van was-ear- rled a pretty young girl dressed, as \Miss Columbia,\ \ind following her was a quartet of white-robed angels playing trumpets. Texas, Pennsylva- nia and a dozen other states helped ou with the procession, and whenever the enthusiasm seemed to be dying down, the devices familiar to all who have seen such affairs served to re- vive It. Miss Columbia and the trum- peters, hot but tireless, were .hoisted to the platform, and for just one hour they kept the demonstration (going. ; All this time Mrs-. McAdoo, laughing excitedly, stood In a box and looked down on the shouting delegates who hoped to put herhusband In the White House. Bigger Smith Demonstration ' A! Smith's adherents now succeed- ed In bringing about adjournment un- til Thursday morning, and they spent the Interval in perfecting the details ot a demonstration that they Intended •shyuld be more spectacular and longer thart that for McAdoo. When the convention was called to order next day they were all ready. Beside Chairman Walsh sat a lady In- white, who proved to be Miss May \Kennedy the permanent vice chair- man. She wns given the gnvel after . the Invocation, and after a few pleas- ant words about the recognition ac- corded the women, she ordered that the roll call of the states be resumed. Governor Sweet of Colorado wns first to arise, his Intention being to second the nomination of Mr. McAdoo. But the Smith throng, which by this time had filled up all the available space In the hall, was Impatient and rude. Shouts of \oil\ arose from all the gal- leries and even from the floor and grew so numerous and loud that the speaker was unable to continue. Here Chairman Walsh again came to the front with a scathing rebuke to the hecklers that silenced them. \Connecticut yields to New York\ said a delegate from the Nutmeg state a few moments later, and Instantly there was tumultuous cheering and wild waving of a myriad flags. But the demonstration was premature and Franklin D. Roosevelt, on crutches, mounted the 'rostrum and quieted It, so that he might place In nomination New York's beloved gov- ernor, Al Smith.. To the unbiased listener Mr. Roosevelt's speech was the most satisfactory that had been made up to that time. His enuncia- tion was perfect, his sentences clean cut. The vast audience hung upon his every word. It was a highly effer- vescent audience, surcharged with en- thusiasm, and few speakers could have kept it in restraint as well as did the gentleman from New York. When he had set forth eloquently the virtues and qualities of Governor Smith which he believed made him the best man to head the Democratic ticket, Mr. Roosevelt gave \Al's\ admirers their way, and they went to it with a will. .\ Now It was almpst dinner time, and the secretary read an announcement from the committee on resolutions that It would not be ready to report before Friday morning. A motion to take a recess and hold an evening session brought on n controversy. New York strenuously objected be- cause tlie municipality had planned evenlpg entertainments for the visi- tors. Adjournment until the- next mornfng was proposed as an amend- ment and for the first time It was nec- essary to poll the convention. The vote was very close—559 to 513—but those who preferred entertainment to business In the evening won out. All this seemed rather unimportant to the unposted onlooker, but In reality It was a test vote Indicating the rela- tive strength of the Smith and McAdoo forces. The managers for the Cali- fomlan hoped that tlie nominating speeches could be finished and the bal- loting actually begun before the com- mittee on resolutions was ready to re- port. They thought that this- might insure the nomination of their candi- date. The Smlthltes were determined their opponents should not have this advantage, If Jt existed, and they got their way. More than six hours were devoted, on Friday, to completing the list of Presidential nominations and to sec- onding speeches, Of which there were many. The additional names present- ed to the convention were: Japies M. Cox of Ohio, Gov, Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, Gov. Fred W. Brown of New Hampshire, Gov.-George S. Silzer of New Jersey* Senaor Carter Glass of Virginia and John W. Davis of West Virginia. This made sixteen In all, and of course there were In addi- tion a lot of dark horses and favorite sons who were not formally placed in nomination. During the seconding speeches there was a lot of howling from the gallery gods, who were tired of hearing talk and wanted action. Once the obnoxious fire sirens were started again, but Chairman Walsh announced that If their use was not stopped he would have them removed frdm the building. Battle Over Ttoo Planks Saturday afternoon the worn-out, hollow-eyed committee on resolutions brought in the platform la the build- ing of which It had been engaged,, day and night, throughout the week. Chairman Homer Cummlnga told of the vain efforts to settle the Klan and League of Nations disputes with- out putting them up to the convention, sayjng that_at jlte final session of the COTEifitttee', SO sincere TveTe Hie desires of Its members that one of them re-; cited: the Lord's Prayer and William Jennings Bryan, chairman of the sub^ committee, asked Divine help. Newton D. Baker of Ohio, pro- poser of tlie minority resolution on the League, staggered to the speaker's desk, so weary he could scarcely stand, and delivered himself of the one great burst of real emotional ora- tory heard by the convention, In im- passioned accents, with fervid, hoarse, often broken voice, he pleaded with the Democrats not to abandon the Ideals of Woodrow Wilson but to stand firm In advocacy of Immediate American membership In tire League of Nations. It was a truly magnifi- cent effort and as Mr. Baker was as- sisted ,to his seat the thousands In the hall gave him a real ovation. In the minds of all was the \Cross of Gold\ speech that once made Bryan the nominee of the party. Senator Key Plttnian of Nevada re- plied for the majority of the commit- tee, and though he was booed for a sarcastic allusion to Mr. Baker's emo- tlpnnllsm, his arguments prevailed, the committee's plank winning by a vote of 742% to 333%, / Now came the battle over the Klan nlank, to witness which most of the vast audience had sat through weary hours. The opening shot was fired by Senator uwen of Oklahoma, in behalf of the majority report, and was well directed. W. R. Pattungall of Maine, author of the proposed amendment explicitly naming tlie Klan, replied with equal effect. Several minor guns on either side were discharged, and then Balnbrfdge Colby, the big piece of ordinance In the antfl-Klan forces, was turned loose. The former secre- tary of state made a -corking good speech and aroused great enthushv'-m. He was followed by William Jennings Bryan, who sought to pour oil on the troubled waters but was a determined opponent of the plank in which the Klan was named. Mr. Bryan was heard respectfully by the delegates, but was booed several times by the audience. The taking of the vote was long drawn out and tedious. Finally at two o'clock in the morning the chair announced that the majority report had won by a margin of Just four votes. Then the weary delegates re- turned to their hotels until Wonday morning. Father Knickerbocker was as proud as a peacock when the convention was awarded to him, and he' set out to show the other convention cities how to take care of such a gathering. The result was astonishing to every vet- eran convention attendant. Life in Everglades The Indian name of Everglades In Florida means \Grassy Water.\ There are miles urjon miles of flat, grassy land covered with water, usually very shallow and filled with grasses. Now and then there is a \gut\ or \slough\ \(a creek). Now and then also there Is a big swamp filled with trees. Sometimes one will find a lake all edged with sawgrass. There are little dry spots called \islands\ or \hum- mocks,\ with trees on them. The wa- ter is usually clear, but for the most part has a limey, slippery taste. There Isn't much game in the glades proper, but on the higher land In the vicinity of the glades there are deer, turkey, panther, little black bear, rac- coon, fox, squirrel, etc., especially It those places that are farthest from civilization, says Hupsburg Liebe In Adventure Magazine Jadieisa* AarcrUaing Fay*. Try It. (©, 1924, TVestorn Newspaper Union.) O may 1 steal Along the vale Gf humble life, secure from foesl My friend sincere, Idy Judgment clear, And gentle business my repose. —Kdward Young, SOME SAUCES AND OTHER DISHES A good sauce is an addition to many dishes, without which the dish itself would be unpalatable. Spanish Sauee This Is a delicious sauce to serve with cold roast beef, veal, lamb chops— In fact, with any kind of meat or fish. Put into a saucepan two tablespoon- fuls of butter, one of olive oil, a few dashes of salt, one onion, a clove of garlic, half a green or red pepper, all finely chopped. When this is all brown add a'pint of toma- toes and simmer twenty minutes. Senson with paprika, a few, drops of tabasco and a tablespoonful of Worces- tershire sauce. Breakfast Mackerel. — Soak salt mackerel skin side up until the fish is fresh enough to bake. Place in a dripping pah, cover with thin cream, season with pepper and bake 'twenty to thirty minutes. Serve with baked potatoes. This makes a fine New England breakfast. Lettuce With Columbia Dressing.— Remove the outside leaves from a head of lettuce, wash and chill In cold water, drain and dry In a towel. Ar- range in a salad bowl In its original shape and pour over the dressing; mix one feaspoonful of salt, one teaspoon- ful of mustard, one-half teaspoonful of onion juice, one tablespoonful of Wor- cestershire sauce, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and six tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Put Into a small fruit jar and let stand in a cold place; shake well before using. India Curry.—Wipe a slice of veal, weighing one and one-half pounds, and cook in a frying pan, without butter, searing well on both sides. Cut into one and one-half-inch pieces. ' Fry two sliced onions In one-half cupful of but- ter until the onions are a light brown; remove them and add the butter to the meat, with one-half tablespoonful of curry powder, then cover with boiling water. Cook slowly until \the meat Is tender. Thicken with flour, mixed with a little cold water; add one teaspoon- ful of vinegar. Serve with the sauce poured around the meat. Victoria's Largest Booh Queen Victoria of England, who fin- all her reputation for common sense, had many peculiarities, was the pos- sessor of the largest book that had ever been published. It was 18 Inches thick, weighed 63 pounds, and con- tained the jubilee addresses of con- gratulations. Pleasant for Him Sweet Young Thing (coming In with attentive partner from room where a hard bridge match has just been In progress)—\Oh mother, I've just cap- tured the booby!\ Mother—\Well well I Come here and kiss me, both of vou.\—Tiger. Campaign Paper Made No Money for Greeley In 1840, when Gen. William Henry Harrison was nominated for the pres- idency against Martin Van Burfin, Horace Greeley started a little cam- paign paper In New York city, which lie called the Log Cnbiiff which Is said to haye been incomparably the most spirited thing of the kind ever printed In the United States, says the Detroit News. It had a circulation of un- precedented ' extent, beginning with 48^000 and rising week after week until it reached 90,000. The price, however, was so low that its great sale proved rather an em- barrassment than a benefit to the pro- prietors and when the campaign ended the firm of Horace Greeley & Co. was-- rather more In debt than it was when the first number of the Log Cabin was published. The fust number of the- Log Cabin, announced the forthcoming Tribune, price 1 cent, which was a short time ago consolidated with the New York Herald. Five thousand copies of the. first number of the Tribune were printed, and Greeley found It difficult to give them away. He began with a sub- scription list of COO. But the little pa- per soon caught public attention and began Its fourth week with 0,000 paid subscribers. Court? Hold Tomato to Be a Vegetable Technically, the tomato Is classed by botanists as a berry. In tlie strict- ly scientific sense a berry Is a simple fruit In which the entire pericarp or edible portion Is fioshy except the outer skin. According to this classifi- cation, tomatoes, grapes, currants and bananas are all berries. All berries are fruits\; that Is, the berry Is only a species of the larger division of plants called fruits. But popularly there is much confusion as to whether toma- toes should be culled vegetables or fruits. The fact Is there Is no well- drawn distinction between fruits and vegetables In tlie popular sense of the terms. However, courts in this coun- try have held that all those plants, like potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, celery, lettuce and tomatoes, which are saten, whether cooked or raw during the principal part of a meal are to be regarded as vegetables. while those used only for dessert are fruits. But this comes a long way from the difficulty. St. Peter's Chair Since the Eighth century, the fes- tival of. St. Peter's chair has been celebrated annually at St. Peter's at Rome, with great pomp solemnity. The chair, old, ugly and worn, on which St. Peter Is said to have been pontificated, Is enshrined by a magnifi- cent throne, supported by four gigantic figures, and mounted upon a tribune decorated by Michelangelo. The throne stands In the great nave, be- hind the altar of St. Peter's. The Venetians once claimed to possess the Chair of St. Peter, but it was discov- ered about a century ago that this sup- posedly sacred article bore the Inscrip- tion: \There Is but one God and Mahomet is His Prophet.\ It Is sup- posed that this chair was brought from the East by the Crusaders. Where He Belongs The latest fad Is to have a tiny pic- ture of your husband on your finger nail. The more usual place for liim, of course. Is under your thumb.—Pass- ing Show. London. Hegeman La Tuberculosis mM^k>i^MiMMM The dedication of the liegeman Memorial Laboratory at Mt. Mc Gregor near Saratoga Springs, N. Y., marks a step forward in the light on tuberculosis, according to Hie medical authorities who par- ticipated in the ceremonies re- cently. The new stone structure is a harmonious architectural feature ial. \\Vf hope—wo even expect,\ de- clared Haley Fislco, now piesldt-nt of the company, \that some dis- covery will be made here that will be connected with the- name of the donor and will he uf lusting benefit to future generations.\ Dr. Fid ward R. Baldwin, head of Trudt-au Sanatorium at Saranac Lake and one of the foremost .%ulh- Of the sanatorium group of twenty-\ orltics on tuberculosis, Welcomed two buildings, which the Melropol- the new laboratory into the field of itan Life Insurance Company main-j scientific research. \The sanator- talns for the benefit of the stole lum -represents what we know among the 30,000 of its field and about tuberculosis,\ he declared, home office staff. . j\The laboratory represents what It was provided for by a fund of Uve do not know, but must find out. 4300,000 In the will of the late John Rogers Hegeman, president of the company from 1891 to 19X9 to wh,om the building is a, memor- An interesting figure at the cere- mony was the Rev. father P. NL. Waggett, famous British scientist and theologian who sttedicd with I years the great Pasteur, foremost scient- ist of the nineteenth century. \Only to-day we are beginning to under- stand the greatness of Pasteurj\ he said. \The world knows noth- ing of its greatest men, the unseen workers, secret, cloistered, hidden, world-forgetting, they pursue their studies tirelessly until one day the world learns that they have dis- covered a cure-for some disease.\! The Metropolitan sanatorium has been the chief moans, \> directly, through its treatments, and in- directly, through the instruction passed on to fellow workers by for- mer patients, in reducing by E0 per cent the death rate from tu-' berculosls among the company's, employees, within a period at teat Dadckp Eveniticr* V*xr J ' Mr •MAECf\ -GRAHAM- BONNER i £ • - i. o.. VUTON HWWWUW'ON'- • KINGFISHER'S APPETITE \There Is one thing to be said for me.\ said the Kingfisher, \and that is Hint I do not complain of being bored or tired. \I- do not complain of having noth- ing to do, for I have a great deal to do. \I have fishing to do and I love to fish. No one loves to fish more than Kingfisher. \You can tell that by my name! My name Is such that, without being smart at all, you could tell that 1 was a bird fond of fishing aiid that I «m> good nt my,job. \For am I not called Kingfisher?\ The Kingfisher sat upon his perch, looking very handsome in his gray suit with Its touches of white and his splendid crest upon his head. Oh, he wns a handsome fellow, all right. There was no mistake nboiit that. His crest stood up very straight, ns though he' were eagerly looking for something, and as though he were very 'much Interested in what was going on. He made strange rattling noises anil his long, strong beak looked as though he would have no trouble in eating. At times, When you looked at him. you would have said it was of the shade, of gray such as Is a slate's color. In reality his coloring was of a blui-- gray, .but at tlnies, when you looked at hlni and couldn't see him very clear- ly, you would have said it was gray And Ln the sunlight you would have said it was blue. His crest, too, made him look as though a king bird with a crown upon : hls head. His size was splendidly big. His black tall even seemed • to show the excitement he now felt. \Fish! 1 shall have plenty of fish,\ he said. He llew down to the water, now, so .quickly that it seemed as though he had made one leap. 'Up again he Came, and In his mouth was a big fish. It looked as though It would be almost too big for King- fisher. But he knew what he could take. No one could tell him about taking In His Mouth Was a Big Fish, small bites and chewing his food well. He knew what a big fellow he was' and how strong he was and how much he could ent. He knew that was a great deal, too. He did not care for bugs and Insects very much. He would eat them, but he didn't like them as he did fish. Fish was the food for Kingfisher. He took the fish he had caught and struck it over his perch, so that the wriggling fish was still now. Kingfisher was happy. He ate It delightedly. Ah, what a fresh, tasty fish It was! This was a meal fit for a king, as he had heard somewhere a meal should be. Xes, somewhere, he had heard some child speaking about a meal fit for a klng. And ever since then he had thought to himself: \She must have meant me I She must have meant that a good fish meal .wag a fit meal for Kingfisher.\ When Kingfisher was through with his meal he was almost ready for an- other. For Kingfisher's stomach was large and able to hold plenty of food. Nor did he choke on the bones. Oh, no; he knew how to eat fish so that he didn't choke on bones. He ate too cleverly for that—and, too, there was plenty offoom so the bones didn't Choke him as they went down. He nte the fish head-first, which was the sensible way of eating fish, he thought. \Begin at the top and work down,\ wus his motto. Once more he watched out for a fish; He would show the fishes what a king's appetite could be. He would *how the fishes—and he did I Daddy Forgot Something Glenn forgot to suy \please.\ Fa- ther, thinking to drill the child on his manners, asked him what he should say. \Please answered Glenn. Father gave him what he wanted and then said, \Now what do you say?\ \Thank you,\ said Glenn. \You mustn't forget those little things,\ cautioned father, and then went on with his work. Glenn waited a minute and then said, \You should say 'welcome,' daddy.\ Railway Sermons Delivering sermons In railway sta- tions, a London vicar chose as some of his subjects, \Spiritual Lessons From the District Railway,\ \The Ticket Office and Cloak Room\ and \The Repair Sheds.\ Keeps Bristles Hard After washing hair brushes ln soda and Water they should be held under a cold-water faucet. This hardens the bristles and makes them last much longer than If they were rinsed in warm Water. Lovely Time ' Young Wife—I had such a lovely time with Grace this afternoon. We were so delighted to see each other that we both talked so fast that the other couldn't get In a word. , Broadcast \That's a pretty good Joke,\ ex- claimed the radio operator after some- body had sprung a'hot one. Then, reaching for his Instrument, he added, thoughtfully: \I'll tell the world.\
