Laying Corners ... Ceremony of laying the corner stont B streets, N. W., in Washington. Many An Light * Average Adult Far Behind in Intellectual Development, Say Scientists. WOMEN ARE MOST INFANTILE Study of Intelligence Tests Applied to American Soldier* Showed Average Intelligence of Normal Boy of Fourteen. Washington.?Scientists, studying I liere the records of the Intelligence tests applied to American soldiers, have reuched the conclusion that these men had, on an average, the Intellectual development which is considered normal for a boy fourteen years old. This does not seem very flattering to us as a nation, but it is borne out by Thomas A. Edison, who as Is well known, has been conducting intelligence tests of his own on men who apply to him for employment. He expresses himself as amazed at the low average of Intelligence which his tests have revealed. He says that not more than 2 per cent of the adult population can understand a self-evident fact when It Is put before them. These disturbing opinions from high authorities are borne out In a Way by the new school of psychologists. Their Investigations tend to show that an Individual who is not given proper opportunity to develop his mind ai\d per sonallty does remain a child In all those respects In which his development la retarded. They would say that the typical American man of business, while highly developed In his special line, is "Infantile" as a whole, because he Is undeveloped In so many other ways. This view, of course, excites the antagonism of every good American, but It Is perhaps worth examining just for the sake of understanding a point of view we cannot share. In the first place, It Is to he noted tha^ this view gets a good deal of cor robdfatlon in everyday lire, now oiten you hear It said of some man that "he Is Just a great, big, overgrown boy." That may, according to the psychologists, be scientific description of his mind and personality. "Grown-Up Babies." Many women are wont to remark that their husbands, brothers, or even their fathers are Just big boys, but a good deal of evidence can be brought j forward to show that women are, on j an average, even more Infantile thnc men. Men, In order to make a living, have to achieve a certain degree of maturity. They may have boyish traits, but they cannot afford to have 1 the helplessness of children. Women, on the other hand, know that an appearance of helplessness, If accompanied by good looks. Is often a great asset In the pursuit of a husband. Thus society encourages women to | hold cn to any Infantile traits they may have. The "cuteness," the helplessness, the Ignorance, which so many of them affect, are Infantile. The woman may use these tricks consciously In pursuit of a man, but the mere fact j that she uses such tricks at all Is an Indication, according to the psycholo- 1 gists, that she has never become fully f adult. This prevailing infantilism of women is widely recognized in popular slang and popular songs, which reveal far more of our folk-psychology than does our formal literature. "When grown-up Indies net like babies I've Just got to love 'em, that's all!" The women know that. And It Is no trouble at nil for them to not like babies, becnuso most of them have not grown mentally and morally nearly as fast as they have grown physically, i say the scientists. It is not possible to summarize here all of the evidence which might he brought forward to prove that the pub- i lie as a whole hps never grown up. 1 Our tastes in reading, movies and the- ' nter are specially significant, however. ! The adult desires to understand life. Children rend fairy stories. Most of the stories in our magazines, nearly I LAWYERS' TALK Member of Canadian Panel Would Bar Long Flights of Oratory by Counsel. ' Toronto, Can.?That the speeches of counsel to Juries should he abolished altogether, and that the only address to the Jury he that of the trial Judge, is the suggestion made by a ; Juryman who has evidently suffered much under the length of some ap- j tone of Victory Me ; of the National VI ctory Memorial bui I I lericans Mentally all of our movies, most of our novel! and most of our stage plays are fain tales In effect That Is, they ail fostei lively Illusions about life, rather thai study the truth of It. The Americat public is nearly always antagonized by any wprk of art which sets fortt the truth about life. The Formula Used. "Why write about such ugly things when there are so many pleasani things to write about?" is the forrault always used. "Tell me a nice pretty story, daddy,' is what the same individual was say ing at the age of ten. How much ha! his point of view changed? asks th< psychologist. Do other nations differ from us li this respect? It is probable that in al! parts of the world most men and worn en never grow up, but In the hlgtdi civilized European nations there prob ably Is' a larger percentage of rea adults, as indicated by the much largei number of persons who show a matun taste in literature, drama, art and music, and have a mature outlook or life. , What then is the cause of our failure to bring ourselves to a real ma turlty? Mr. Edison.has the support ol most of the experts when he lays th? chief blame on education. Our educa tlon teaches the child a lot of rigid beliefs Instead of teaching him t< think. But above ail it bores hlra. Lit erature, science, history?the things which help any Individual to understan< and appreciate life?are made lnex pressfbly dull for the youngster. H? loses all Interest In them. **The moment school Is not play It li an Injury," says Mr. Edison. don'i know quite the age at which a child'! mind atrophies, hut It Is somewhen l>etween the ages of eleven and four teen." Here Mr. Edison bears out the psy choanalysts to perfection. The child'i Intellectual development Is arrested hi boredom somewhere between eiever and fourteen, an are perhaps the most poorly paid ser vants of the state, as long as all teachi lng Is rigidly censored so that when a 1 teiurher speaks his mind he risks his - job?as Jong as the United States con? to rank tenth among the civil ized nations of the world in Its educa5 tlonal system, Just so long, say the t psychologists, will we rnnk somewhere i near the tall end of the procession In i the tmmher of truly adult men and - women we produce. Told Shoe Price: Falls Dead. s Pnducah, Ky.?Rufus Bradford, sev7 enty-slx years old. a farmer near Grai hamvllle, walked Into the clothing t store of Sara Itosenfield and Inquired i the price of a pair of shoes. i Itosenfleld replied, and Bradford i dropped dead. lO-Year Old Chum 'Nameless*' Society of Asphalt and Pemest nt the Biltmore, New York, and Is his lap Is his "dehydrated friend," Kurtenor Krateil obtained with Kurruda, his nrs old: He was a hero, a native chlefto fight against the Spanish Invaders. ?r the Peruvian fashion and became an .vers who are accustomed to depend upon their fiery eloquence to win cases - for their clients. I Old Cook Stove. i Milton, Ind.?Omer Klrlln, a former, ! who lives east of town, has a cook 1 stove which Is eighty-five }*ears old. I The stove Is In good condition. It was . originally the property of Klrlln's t grandfather, one of the early settlers 1 of this township and came from Baltl! more, Md. It was one of the first cook stoves In this part of the country. Tjihe : AMERICAN LEGION? (Copy for Thia Department supplied by the American Ledon Newi Service.) ( ????????????? , BOOSTER FOR HIS HOME TOWN ' * Bert Hutching* Served at General ? Chairman for Legion at Kan. tat City. "If' there la anything going on for the good of Kansas City, Bert Hutch* ings Is usually tha motive power be* This Is a com\ t mon remark In 1 Kansas City regarding Albert E. WmW Hutchlngs, gener^the third annual i ^SHf national conven- ' tlon Kansas City ' entertained the largest assembly of exservice men and women since the war. The career of Mr. Hutchings Is 1 closely Interwoven with the progress ' of Kansas City, which he visualized In 1900, when he decided to live there. Since then he has organized the Kansas City Advertising club, he has been president of the Rotary club and the Automobile club, and has participated In every movement for the advancement of the city. During the World war he was given . the Immense task of organizing the Liberty loan campaigns In the Tenth Federal Reserve district, but civilian service was not enough for him when his country was Involved In a war. He organized a Seventh Missouri Na- | tional Guard company, and served as its captain. Later he was transferred to the motor transport corps of the regular army, serving at Camp Meigs and Camp Merrltt, In command of headquarters motor command Na. 86. AFTER THE FAKE PROMOTERS American Legion on Watch to Detect and Expose Organizations Victimizing Ex-Service Men. The harpies who prey on public sympathy and the vampires who attach themselves to every legitimate and worthy campaign for the relief of human distress, have been flying In flocks behind the trudging army of Jobhunting ex-service men. The police courts are reveaHng the sordid operations of scores of avaricious persons who have been conducting money-raising campaigns on a get-rlch-quiclt basis. on the pretense of assisting nxvemployed World war veterans. Some of these fly-by-night promoters have lormea mrge organizations, using as dupes veterans \vh. are, themselves, honest, but have been Induced by urgent need to grasp at the straw of a Job which the swindler dangles before them. Behind a shield of plausibility, the promoter sends his money solicitors out upon the public. Needless to say, little of the money raised actually la used to assist the unemployed exservice men. The promoter takes good care to see that his account books. If he keeps any. never record the full amounts which have been extractc** from the sympathetic public. And if he makes a pretense of accounting for the way the money Is expended, tills accounting Is only a clever construction of falsities, intended to pro>ct the promoter, If he Is made the subject of Inquiry by public officials. rille system by which he operates precludes honesty. These swindlers often copy the names and methods of organizations which are legitimate and Jiave reputable sponsors. The names the employment swindlers select for their organizations only too often inspire public confidence becanse they may easily be confused with those of long'existlng public charitable societies. The Amer lean Legion is constantly on tne watcn to detect, expose and prosecute organizations victimizing ex-service men. The public should come to know that any organization ostensibly for the help of unemployed veterans should be ' regarded suspiciously If it does not have the Legion's indorsement.?American Legion Weekly. WOMAN AS STATE ADJUTANT Miss Honorah Su? Gittings of San Francisco, First of Sex to Hold Legion Office. Miss Honorah Sue Gittings, of San Francisco, Cal.. is the first woman to hold the position position by the commander of tlie mnnent adjutant. ?|?||$|K Miss Gittings ?|\\ , was one of the D^'TjL^.,-. first women to en- 'ilt'l ( list in the service , of her country during the World war. , She Joined the navy as a yeowanette ( In 1917. ( Bryan Favors Bonus. In a statement on adjusted compensation for ex-service men, William ( Jennings Itryan says: "I am in favor of a bonus for ex-service men. I think , the law should present alternative ( propositions so that each soldier can choose cash, land. Insurance or any- ] thing else, according to his needs. I , would prefer to have the money nec- , essary collected from those who pro/- ] iteoth arts and law, enlisted In the Connecticut cavalry In 1914. He served in the Mexican border In 1916, and ater was commissioned a first lieutenant at the Flattsburg training ?? ?* U ft oaM??o/l Ir* Pronnn fl U hot. tliup. lie BC1TCU 111 A- * UIIV.V t4U WW* tallon adjutant of the One Hundred tnd Eighteenth field artillery, Thirtyfirst division. After his return from France he was ?lected state senator. He was a member of the military committee of the 1921 general assembly. ONtrPOLICE WOMAN MEMBER 9 Mr*. Ro?e F. Taylor Belongs to New York Post Composed Entirely of the "Bravest." Mrs. Rose F. Taylor, pioneer policewoman of the United States, Is the only woman raemSber of the Lafayette Post of the American Legion, composed entirely of members of the force. Mrs. Taylor has been stationed at the 47th street station, the busltrict for ten years and she was the only policewoman of the 65 employed In New York who went Into war service. . 1 In July, 1917, Mrs. Taylor Joined a New York hospital unit and went to France where she was stationed at savenay, fans, ana wun rauuiie Hospital No. 10 at the front Her overseas service lasted twenty months. Mrs. Taylor Is a graduate nurse of the New York Post Graduate hospital. One of Mrs. Taylor's duties on the New York police force Is finding "lost girls." She conducts a bureau for that purpose and makes regular Inspection tours of dance halls, "movies", cabarets and other places where *1ost girls" are sometimes found. \ WOMAN IS VICE COMMANDER Mrs. Amy Robbins Ware of Minnesota Is First of Sex to Hold Office In State. Mrs. Amy Robbing Ware, Robblnsdale, Minn., who served during the World war as a Mrs. Ware startied delegates to the last convengion, at Winona, J> f V Minn., by arriving at that city !n an airplane.* In the convention, Mrs. Ware was nominated for the vice commandership by a man?Dr. M. E. Withrow of International Falls, Minn.?who had served with Mrs. Ware In the Argonne forest. , Mrs. Ware Is the third member of her family. In as many generations, to serve os war nurse. Her mother and grandmother were volunteer nurses during the Civil war. While In France, Mrs. Ware wrote a book of poems, "Echoes of France," which have been widely praised. 90 PUBLICITY MEN IN POST Number of Booster# in S. Rankin Drew Unit Assures Body of Most Effective Advertising. Of all the 11,000 posts of the American Legion in the LTnited States and In 14-foreign countries, the one that slips Into the lime-light most often is the S. Rankin Drew unit of New York city. The fact Mint the post has 00 publicity men on its roster should oxplain it all. Named for the first American actor to die in France, some of the country's foremost actors of the legitimate siuge sought membership following their war experiences. Motion picture men and those interested in the lilted amusements, along with 35 genuine and successful, more or less, playwrights complete the membership. The post stages an annual show la the New York hippodrome, calling a meeting of its membership to assemble a stellur cast. The 90 publicity men jo the rest and the money is given to jhnrlty. Greetings by Airplane. William F. Deegan, state commander if the New York deilartment of the American Legion, could not ncCept in Invitation to attend the aerial reratta of the Providence post of the American Legion at Providence, R. [., hut he sent his representative by ilr with a message of Meeting. The message was carried by Richard T. rtell, director of service of the New fork department, who flew from New lforkv to Providence In a Fokker plane Rioted by Bert Costa. The 150 miles were covered In ICO minutes. J BOYSCOUTS rga. iwr (Conducted by National Council of tha Boy Scouta of America.) SEA CAMP AT MARION, MASS. In the little town of Marlon, Mass., by the unruffled waters of Slpplcan harbor, Is a sea camp for the Boy Scouts of America. Here under the patronage of old seafaring skippers, boys are taught the tricks of the trade of sailing and seamanship. From the rudiments of knot-tying, splicing, rowing and the kindred subjects that a good sallorman must know, they are brought through an exhaustive training for the sailing and the trials that await them outside the snug little Slpplcan harbor In the wide expanse of the blue waters of Buzzards bay. Through the t'.mely aid of William H. Todd of the Todd Shipbuilding corporation and the kindness of the Tabor Nautical academy, In turning over their entire school to Chief Seascout James A. Wilder for a summer camp, dreams Decame realities. The "William H. Todd" is the first of a series of camps conducted by the sea scouts. Sea scouting is d nationwfde scheme, and the camp Itself embraces boys/ from as far south as Texas, west to Chicago and north to Maine. In following summers camps will be located at other points in the United States, thus providing the same training for boys in other localities. The high spots of the training are life-saving, under the distinguished leadership of Commodore W. E. Longfellow, rowing and sailing, under vouched-for leadership. The second program Is the official older boy program ?f-the Boy Scouts of America; a scout must be at least fifteen years old before joining. It is a club run like a ship. Involving strict discipline and immediate obedience?sea ceremonies and general snappy work; for the perils of the sea become greatly intensified if the crew fails to respect and properly obey their officers. The boy scout, when he Joins a seacoast ship, enters into a line of work which is divided into five stages: The sloop class, for apprentices, schooner class for ordinary sea scouts, barkentine class for able sea scouts, bark class for extra . sea scouts, and lastly, the ship class for those who have reached the top. CHECKING'UP THE TREES. 1 IkflBHi US *1 ranif Boy Scouts Know All About the Big Forest Treea "Treeology" la One of the Scout Specialtiea. BLINDNESSS NO HANDICAP. Every now and then we hear of the remarkable achievements in Scouting of blind hoys. In Overbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia they have a whole troop of blind youngsters who astonish everybody who watches them by their prowess. They do practically everything other scouts do and In some things even excel their comrades with two good eyes. They have an almost uncanny sense of direction and highly developed touch perception. "The blind boy," says Mr. Hartung. their scqutmnster. "has landmarks the rest of us know nothing about. They are practically unlosable In the woods, tilt/.K tlmln tanfc trnthpr wnnrl (111(1 VJI11I I'llUI IIIVII *v..fco, P"?.v. " make fires and eonk outdoor meals precisely as if they had their vision. When they go in swimming they seem to dump their clothing just anywhere along the bank, but each returns to his own unerringly." BOY SCOUTS COULD FIND THEM. At the big state fair In Yakima, Wash., the authorities discovered the very first day that it was harder to find a doctor when wanted than to locate the proverbial needle in a hay stack. Accordingly, the second day, they were "prepared." Every doctor entering the grounds wag asked to register and indicate his probable whereabouts in the grounds from time to time. Then when an accident or emergency occurred the boy scouts paged the doctors and found them, too. SCOUTS SERVE AS GUIDES. Scouts in Bucyrus, O.. acted as guides, messengers and orderlies for 42(1 delegates at State Young People's conference, conducted checkroom nnd furnished camp cooking utensils. They also, among other Jobs, delivered messages for the chamber of commerce, collected outstanding hooks for public library, conducted "clean-up" at King's Daughters home, cleaned old emetery and reset grave markers, located and decorated soldier's grnves took care of a garden for a lick man. i I DAIRY A | HINTS CONCRETE OR WOODEN SILOS Test Made by Department of Agricul> ture Shows Material Used Cuts No Figure. (Prepared by the United Staten Department of Agriculture.) Is silage any better when put up in stave silos than when It is saved in concrete silos? Stave silo* are probably the more common kind; they are usually less costly. Many people, how- * ever, prefer the more permanent concrete on account of the greater durability and the fact that the budding material may be found near home in many cases; but there is an impression on the part of some people that the concrete silo does not: give such good results in the preservation of the silage from spoiling and from freezing. Experiments made by the dairy division, United States Department of Agriculture, do not bear out this notion. In experiments conducted on the dairy division farm, at Beltsville, MdM two silos were used, one concrete and one stave, standing side by side. The stave silo was directly south of the concrete one, and hence got more sunshine and less north wind. Otherwise they had exactly the same conditions. Temperatures In the two silos were / a . r Concrete and Wooden Silos, Well Con* structed. taken by means of electrical thermometers btiried In the silage, which made a record which could be read on the ' outside. The thermometers were placed 3 inches and 18 inches from the wall and also In the middle ot each silo. Three sacks of silage were carefully weighed and burled In each silo at "various depths, close to the thermometers; and when the silage was fed down to where the sacks were, their contents were taken out and analysed. The quality of the silage was Judged by Its appearance and odor and its palatablllty to the cows. If much , difference had been apparent a feeding trial wonld have been made to see which lot of silage was better, but the results In the two silos were so nearly alike that it was not thought worth while to make the feeding test. In short, neither the temperatures nor the chemical analysis of the two kinds of silage revealed any marked . difference that could be ascribed to the material used In the construction of ?iin rv>vi-s sllncp from CililVl UUVt WW ?? M ??w 0 both silos with the same avidity. It Is concluded, therefore, that farmers may build stave silos or concrete silos, which ever they prefer, without any fear of not getting good silage from either one, if the silage is put up right. It is assumed, of course, that the silo in either case will be properly constructed, with smooth walls, straight up and down, so as to be free from pockets and bulges, and properly coated inside with coal tar or some similar preparation; and that the silage will be properly packed, so that all air will be excluded. Silage will not keep in,any kind of silo unless packed down and kept airtight. GOOD PUREBRED BULLS HELP Breeder Achieves More in Two Generations Than He Can in Five With Grade Sires. With purebred bulls a breeder achieves more in the Improvement of his herd In two generations than he can in five with grade bulls, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Department workers have thoroughly studied the subject of building up herds to better milk, butter and beef production. Better sires may be obtained either by individual purchase or by becoming a member of u bull association. Literature on the latter method can be obtained by writing to the department, and will furnish useful reading during the winter. Full Information can also be obtained by consulting your county agent or state agricultural college. ? DEHORNING CALVES IS EASY Rubbing Caustic Potash Around But ton of Young Animal Will Prove Efficacious. Buy stick caustic potash at any drug store. Before the calf is a week old dampen the skin over the horn buttons, apply vaseline or lard freely to the skin around the buttons, wrap one end of the caustic with strong paper to protect the hand and then rub it upon the button until It Is ready to bleed. Be careful to keep the caustic out of the eyes and do not burn skin other than that over the horn button. Lower Production Cost. The dairy is a factory, and like all factories, the larger the production of each machine (the individual cow) the lower is the cost of production. Mistakes in Dairying. The feeding of scrub cows and the "scrub" feeding of good cows are two of the commonest mistakes In dairying. , . t Keep Only Best Cows. Don't milk average cows. They return no profit. Keep only the best. k .J