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Show THE Thursday, July 7, 1938 Keeping Up WilfiScienle Why Rome Failed in Ancient Britain Is Shown by Digging f By EMILY C. DAVIS Science Service. WNU Service. Bughouse "Lab" Built by Children Now a Real Museum By DR. FRANK THONE i. New York. , Unique among museums in the United States is one in Washington, N. C, which has been developed and is operated in regular, museum style by the young folks of the town, mostly those of high school age. full-sca- le The Washington Field museum, as it is called, is a member of the American Association of Mud tV " seums, and its youthful curators have been visiting its larger sister establishments conducted by grownups, to learn some new tricks of the craft for their own use. It started back In 1923, when a few high school students pooled their amateur collections of butterflies, snakes, etc., In a tent made of sacking. They named their embryo institution "The Buhouse Laboratory." Instead of dying out presently, as such ventures are apt to do, the It Bughouse laboratory survived. moved into a backyard kitchen, then into an empty store building. The Buhouse laboratory became, socially "the thing"; membership on its staff was more desirable than a bid to a fraternity. Grows Into Genuine Museum. Successive school generations graduated and grew up, and their younger brothers and sisters took their places. The "founding fathers," still young folks, began to have influence in the community. They secured a plot of land, which has been developed into a neat little park. A lumber company donated building materials, WPA labor was secured, and presently the Bughouse laboratory moved into its new quarters, and added to its title the more formal style of Washington Field museum. There is a director. Miss Mary Shelburne, but the rest of the curators are still boys and girls from school. They pursue all branches of research and collecting. with special emphasis on natural A history and early Americana. number of live animals have been donated, so the museum is now in the process of developing a zoo. full-tim- e Florida Had Wild Towns in Early Phosphate Days Jacksonville, Fla. The Golden West of another day, when each man was a law unto himself and the sheriff was the law to all of them only by the strength of his arm and was the accuracy of his not the only part of the United States to enjoy the rough and ready boom community. Florida, too, had its halcyon days, back before the turn of the century when the phosphate mining industry was first started on the path to its present importance, Herbert D. Mendenhall of Tallahas see, Fla., told the American Society of Civil Engineers here. Dunnellon, one of the towns where hard rock phosphate, source of an important fertilizer, "had all the aspects of a pioneer gold mining town," Mr. Mendenhall, whose fa ther was justice of the peace in the tewn, recalled. "Only the primitive law of the frontier held the.rabble in check. Everyone, black and white, carried a pistol, and coroner's inquests were held every Monday morning over the victims and culprits of the Saturday night and Sunday fes tivities." Sweden's People Nordic Ever Sinre the Stone Age Even from Stone Washington. age days Sweden's inhabitants have been Nordics, says Dr. Hanna Rydh, arrheologist of the University of Upsala. The oldest human skull found in Sweden dates from somewhere be tween 6000 and 8000 B. C, and if of the long and narrow shape char acteristic of the Nordic. A few broad-headepeople of the physical type characteristic of central Eu ropean countries did migrate into Stone age Sweden, but the land re mained predominantly Nordic In population. Doctor Rydh explains. Muscles Keen Working Madison, Wis. Sleep ia not al ways accompanied by complete re laxation. Dr. Edmund Jacobson, of the Laboratory for Clinical Physiology, Chicago, told psychologists at the meeting of the Midwestern PsyAl chological association here. though the moment of falling asleep may be marked by sudden or by more or less prolonged progressiva relaxation in the muscles or arm and legs, muscular tension in th lips or Jaw muscles may continue as shown by marked action currents from these muscles, Dr, Jacobson reported. GREAT TIMES-NEW- NCPIII. UTAH S, PAGE THREE Filet Squares Form Lovely Table Cloth BOOKS- - Siegc of Troy-Recounte- d k Hurricane Elopement in Homer's Story 1 London. Once again the past teaches a lesson in conquest and its results. By ELIZABETH C. JAMES Archeological investigation of "The Iliad" by in England is revealing what THE story tnlraa nlaA Hurinff tViA Trrw written history has never ex- jan war and relates the wrath of of warriors. plained: How and why Rome Achilles,nowgreatestninth the It is year of siege failed to Romanize barbarian when Homer begins his epic and the Britain, 2,000 years ago. Greeks are encamped on the shores Rome failed, says Dr. R. E. M. Wheeler, London university arche- ologist, because Rome tried In Brit ain to introduce too revolutionary an upheaval in a social order. Rome brought a pattern of city life which was new to the Britons because, it centered around com merce. Excavations show that the Britons had their own cities. But the citified Briton was bucolic. He drew on the nearby countryside for food and for the stone, iron, clay, bone, and horn that made weapons and household gear. Rare ly did these prehistoric Britons im port foreign luxuries. Their trade was petty. Came the Romans, and they set about improving these people. Na tive towns that resisted were stormed and dismantled, as has been recently shown by digging at Maiden Castle. Disarmed towns folk remained to rebuild their houses and become Roman sub' jects. No Middle Class. The Romans introduced foreign craftsmen to teach the natives to build in the Roman way, and for eign capital to develop resources of the country. By the middle of the second cen tury, says Doctor Wheeler, London and Verulamium "shone brightly on the provincial landscape." Britain had acquired central heating, dustproof floors, bath suites. But, "little more than a century later the bubble had burst." An other century, and Romano-Britis- h cities degenerated into concentrat ed slums. No prosperous middle class had developed, and without this type the Roman city plan was bound to fail. Doctor Wheeler sums it up: Rome effected a political and social revolution in Britain, but not the economic revolution to fit it Romano-Britis- h country life succeeded. The cities awaited the Middle ages for a comeback. Molten Rock Destroys Early Geological Records Washington. Evidence that geo logical records of the earth's oldest happenings have been destroyed by molten rock masses rising to the surface of the earth in later times was reported to the American Geo physical union here by Dr. E. N, Goddard of the United States geo logical survey. Starting more than 50,000,000 years ago during the Eocene age when primitive mammals were dis placing ine great dinosaurs, a mass of molten rock rose up from the d depths to break the crust of the earth at a point where today the mining town of Jimtown, Colo., is located. Doctor Goddard declared. In the intruded rock, he found fragments of these younger rocks, some of them hardly changed by their submersion in the molten mass. Other fragments were greatly changed, and there is evidence that still others had been melted and dissolved in the rising mass, transformed into part of it. These findings. Doctor Goddard pointed out, show on a small scale the cycle of rock changes that is going on everywhere. Molten rocks are washed away, deposited as sediments, then they are heated and squeezed into new forms, then are absorbed by intruding melted rocks, beginning the cycle all over again. billion-year-ol- "Mud Jacking" Method of Mending Concrete Roads Chicago. Surface irregularities in certain types of paving caused by settlement of the roadbed can be repaired cheaply and efficiently without tearing up whole sections of paving, John W. Poulter of Milwaukee, Wis., reports here. "Mud jacking," which consists of pumping mud and cement mixtures underneath concrete paving slabs which are settling, ia gaining in popularity among road maintenance men because of its cheapness and efficiency, he reports. German Moose Refuge Berlin. More than 100,000 acres of wild forested lands have been set aside as a permanent refuge for moose. The area lies in East Prus sia, near the city of Koentgsburg. It has never been cultivated, and very little timber cutting has ever been done In it. ' Regulations are very strict. Not only are such obvious ill practices as lighting fires, cutting trees, and shooting game prohibited, but visi tors are not even allowed to leave public roads and paths without special permit. MOVIEDGM is still over the elopement of Frances Lang- ford, the radio singer and movie actress, and Jon Hall, who skyrocketed to fame in "Hurricane and hasn tbeen seen on the screen since. of Asia Minor, besieging Troy. They are dejected as the poem begins, for their hero will not The mighty fight. Achilles sulks in bis tent. Agememnon, commander of Greek forces, had demanded a slave girl who had previously been awarded to Achilles ... ... as part of the spoils j of battle. Thus unElizabeth justly treated by his James commander, Achil les retired to his tents with his followers and refused to fight. During the days of this quarrel, conversations among the men relate previous happenings. Helen, most beautiful woman of history, was wooed by every prince of Greece. To protect the fortunate winner, all these chieftains swore to defend Helen, should the necessity ever arise. She finally chose Menelaus to be her husband. Sometime after this, Paris of Troy, a handsome youth, came to visit at the palace of Menelaus. When he returned, he took Helen back to Troy with him. Thus all Greek chieftains were called upon to fulfill their vows and reclaim Helen. Pretends to Be Mad. Ulysses, happily married, did not wish to go on such a quest. He pretended madness, and plowed the fields, sowing salt. TRADITIONAL POET The Iliad and the Odyssey were recited or performed every four years at Athens during the classical period. Homer is the traditional poet of these two poems; he has no existence apart from his poetry. The facts of his life are traditional or are surmised from his writings. As far back as the classical period in Greece, Homer was an ancient poet. The classical Greeks made translations of his work, they wrote lives of Homer, they taught his poems and made analyses of his work. The language which he used in the original poems was ancient to the classical Greeks. When the boats were ready to sail for Troy, the winds stopped. An oracle explained that a maiden of royal birth must be sacrificed. So, Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, was made a human propitiation to the god of winds. Nine years of encampment then followed with neither side gaining much advantage. Meanwhile within the walls of Troy, Helen's great beauty had so completely captured the Trojan people that they fought madly to keep her within their city. nector Challenges. Then occurred the incident of the ilave girl and Achilles' wrath. Hector, the greatest warrior of Troy, came forth and issued a challenge for individual combat. But no one answered. Achilles was the only man to fight this Trojan warrior, and Achilles would not fight. Then Patroclus, dear friend of Achilles, borrowed the armor of Achilles and went forth to uphold the fair name of Greece. From his tents Achilles saw his friend die. With a roar he rushed into the battle, but he had no armor. He would recover Patroclus' body for burial. The sound of his voice was enough; the Trojans were back inside the wall. Achilles must have new armor. His goddess mother came and offered to have a suit forged in the fires of Vulcan. Achillea Fights Hector. Clad in his new armor, Achilles The sought Hector for combat. were evenly warriors mighty matched. Around they circled, each seeking an opening in the other's guard. Time passed, yet they fought juriously, neither gaining advantage over the other. A goddess favoring Achilles flew down from Olympus and clouded the eyes of Hector, so that Achilles succeeded in smiting him a powerful stroke with his sword. Hector lay in the dust, his plumes and fine clothing despoiled. A wail went up from the tops of the walls of Troy as Achilles fastened thongs in the heels of Hector and tied him to his chariot, then drove madly round the walls of Troy. Late at night there came a visitor to the tents of Achilles, It was Priam, aged king of Troy and father of Hector. Weeping, he pleaded for the body of his son, he recounted the glory of Hector and with tears of love he proved that Hector was too noble to be forced to wander forever through the shades for lack of proper burial. Achilles heard his prayer with compassion and gave to him the body of his son. Bell Syndicate Story of Earhart Norma Steps Out By Virginia Vale JS, br- - Jr.- .- Though America's logging industry has been on the downgrade several years because of heavy imports, this spring one of the largest timber log drives ever run in New England took place near Machias, Maine. Over feet of lumber-pi- ne, 4,000,000 hemlock and spruce was floated down the river to the Whitfield mill 45 miles south. Lumberjacks work hard but the drivers have more adventure during t the drive when they must h A" balance on swirling logs, pry open jams and sleep in a different "home" every night. They wear caulk shoes with spikes. Just after it was announced that they wouldn't marry until he had be come more flrm- lv established in they pictures, slipped off to Ariz., Prescott, with her mother and his sister and got married. But Hollywood didn't know about it until four days later, possibly because he used his real name, Louis Locher. Frances Langford Even after HaU made such a hit in "Hurricane" he drew only $150 a week for some time mere chicken feed in Hollywood but his salary was finally raised to $200. Kay Francis' last picture under her present contract will probably be based on a story that she herself wrote and sold to the studio. It's all about a famous aviatrix who goes into a flight contest, and gets lost on a desert isle. Can it be possible that Miss Francis heard about Amelia Ear-harround-the-wor- ld t? iTT ' j sS4 Fashion news: Claudette Colbert has a daytime costume of dark blue with white floral buttons down the side of the jacket, like one which the duchess of Windsor likes to wear. Recently, one evening in New York, Helen. Vinson wore a black chiffon gown with a skirt yards and yards wide, banded with many rows of narrow black velvet ribbon. No shoulder straps. The New York revival of those two Valentino pictures, "The Sheik" and "The Son of the Sheik," was so successful that Agnes Ayres, the heroine, has been booked for a personal appearance tour. And two more Valentino pictures will be brought forth. There's little waste time or waste space in the camp's kitchen where Cook Leonard Elwell prepares 240 meals a day, moves 35 miles down the river and sets up his equipment again. To supply 60 men participating in the last drive he cooked 500 500 doughnuts. sugar cookies, 200 biscuits, 16 loaves of bread, boiled four hams and cooked 50 pounds of beef, all on the above stove. And it was plenty good, if the young driver at the right knows his grub! J Speaking of those Valentino pictures, Verree Teasdale and Adolph Menjou were in New York, before sailing for Europe, when they were being shown, and he was none too anxious for her to see "The Sheik" and see how funny he looked on the screen in those days. 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