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Women's Victories Challenge to Men The male population of the world must have gasped when the news was flashed from Bisley Camp, England, that a woman had won the King's Prize. Their first thought would be: What happened to the men? Nothing, except that they found they were not quite good enough. And the finest of the marksmen were there, doitiK the best they could. One hundred crack shots from all parts of the Em- pire, among them six former winners of llii> trophy, took thslr places at the historic ranges. Enough to break the nerve of any man, but not the cool, keen-eyed, steady-handed woman who battled her way through to vic- tory. Hats off to Miss Murjorie Foster! There appears to be. no limit to the achievements of woman in the fields of activity hitherto regarded as tn<; exclusive domain 01 man. In busi- i.' --s In the professions and in the arts she is firmly established, and in the realm of lighter sports she is challenging the supremacy of male contender*. Some weeks ago an English girl, absolutely alone, piloted an aeroplane through the vas> space that separates the British Isles and Australia, thus establishing herself as a worthy classmate of the wonderful Lindbergh. Later another young Engli-sh woman showed the way to the most famous aviators of the day in a flight of several hours' duration. And now another daughter of the little Island, in competition with the great marksmen of the Empire, cap- tures the King's Prize, the most cov- eted trophy .hat can be won at the ranges. It all is very amazing, ami gives notice to mere man that he can no longer regard himself as the lord of creation. A few humiliations ofl thN kind may do him good. G.B.S. Bored While Editing Own Works World's Largest Liner New 27,000-tou White Staj motorship, Britannic, world's largest cabin liner, as she arrived at New York after maiden westward transatlantic voyage. New Process Will Double Gas Cutout Air, Water, Soil and Sunlight Will Supply j Oklahoma Oil Well Power to the Future Generations Has Gushing Rival Standard Oil and German Company Organize to Control Rights New York Oil companies represent- ing about SO per cent, of the refining, rapacity In the United States have become associated in a new organiza- tion, the Hydro-Patents Company, to i control and develop a process believ- ed to be capable of doubling the amount of gasoline now yielded from; '"'" : "- (l '' fuel oil. according' to a recent state- j .hortly l,t- ,4 has begun edit- m( . m ma(k> , )y ,, u , St ., U(lal ,, oil r ,, m . who ing his whole literary output, not car- . ()f _ N -,,. V Jergey ing to leave the task to posterity. An | Th ,. m , w proce88| is 1;MOWIl volumes, now in prepara- as hy(1 ro K <.nation. conalsts of the ad- limited to 1.000 seta He has ' (|itjull ()f Ras(>()lls hvdro^e,, at high laid a<ide all creative work for this preggure8 all(] temperatures, in the Hut he is bored with the ,.,.,,. of c i le mlcal agents known! Job. a-i catalyst-;, to crude- oil or heavy a, if I shall sprnd the fl|| ., oj ,_- lmil(ljn ,, lt cbemlcally into r '" : " " lls J'' 1 ''" llf ' rom ' thinner oil or gasoline. Th.< operat- J>'.I:M< 'i . r day. "It won't do; conditions may bo varied, it was s holding up my other work and it's , , ,,..,. lh( , ,,.,,., iculal . , m iduct '" '''" tusk -" d, simd. took a woman to outwit the Irish Th( , I)n)( . PS , ll;l , |,een developed dur- Sh,. wrote asking Shaw for a itlg ,,. ,,. lst ,],,. yarn, the an-' ipy of his latest book for a' mm , 1( .,. Im . nl sa |,|, by the Standard Oil; or.'ani/.oci woman.-- society, company's research engineers In col- 1 lhaw wrote acroi her letters: "Damn ] a | JO ration with the 1. 0. Farbenin-; It. no: a woman's society that can- dn.-trie Aktieni-< ollschaft of Germany HOT afford to pay If, Millling* for a| all( , is 1)wm .,i | )V the two organiza- 1 copy of my book hai no ri- r lit to ')(,, tx '- sl The Importance of the process In He !:'M-d tin- not.' and n turned II , lie ()il industry was indicated by ex- to the woman. A forlni/ht later she' , nmcntal data already obtained by jtfrain wrote Shaw to inform him that ,)io Standard Oil Company's research a bookseller had traded her a ropy ,. M j.| M ,.,. rs the multiplication of the of the book for the le'ter bearing y j,.|,| from Yen../.iiolan crude oil, it Shaw'a autograph. w;l ,, sa [,i_ \ s Venezuela is one of Shaw had the last word, however. ,), i an ;e.-:t producers of crude, oil in' Acro-s the bottom of the. woman's sec. ,),,, wm id, the increase of gasoline ond letter he .--crawled: ,, tllls S()llril , : ,i,, ;i ,. will make the "xVha: fools won, ./I, ar-: If you control of the new proce ;s one of the ! had taken t to thr rii-ht place you I mo8 t important factors In meeting the j wi.nld have got $K,0 for It." And he 1 overproduction of crude oil and price | that, too, and sent It back. I cutting of the last few- years. He once rejected an offer of one j _\ s an example of the value of the milliiei dol'ars for his cinema rights ,,,.,, v me: hod, Standard Oil Company's! and when Die Nobel pn/,e for litera- researcb engineers explained that at tui" was awarded him for hl.s play. ,,,-,. s ,, ?u | l; ,][ ;l barrel of heavy fuel, "Saiiil .loan," he L'.IVP the J.'.L'.'MM) () |[ j s ],.ft ()V er from every barrel of ! n'.i.ir to further . \nulo -Swedish crude oil aftfr tin- distillation of gaso- literary rf-lation.-i. n,,,,. Under proper operating con-J when a wealthy American ditions the new process may lie made l Shaw a fee of $25,1100 t o yield 100 gallons of gasoline from, ju-t t.. ('cross tlni Atlantic, dine with every Ion gallons of crude oil. The. her. ':ilk a li!Me to her guests and production of gasoline In the United i rat'-ii ih,. next bout home," be prompt-, stales, having risen gradually from !ini !. L'f;,oiin,-ion barrels a year to almostj London. The passing of the coal age and the approach of a new era when the people of the world will har- ness the air, water, soil, and sun to provide all their requirements, was dis- cussed by Dr. Herbert Levinstein in his presidential address at the recent forty-ninth annual meeting of the So- ciety of Chemical Industry in Birming- ham "Chemical science has now reached a stago when it can obtain direct ac- cess to new sources of coal-tar pro- ducts by a synthetic process, Instead of being confined to geological forma- tions,'' Dr. Levinstein said. "A com- 1 plete reduction of carbonic acid ob- 1 tained from the air. to methane or coal I IMS, has been accomplished, which in j turn can be almost completely con-' verted in an arc oven, into acetylene or changed Into tar, half of which consists of benzine. The world's avail- able raw material has thus become inexhaustible, as carbonic acid exists in the atmosphere in unlimited quanti- ties. 'About 15 generations will see the exhaustion of the world's principal coal deposits, and as the human race is learning how to use air, soil and sun to the best advantage, and make the earth more productive of food and raw materials by using atmos- pheric nitrogen, sothe next step must be the extraction of carbonic acid from the air to obtain raw materials now produced from coal. "Britain's wealth depends on fossil wealth, namely coal for power, instead of on tides, water, the wind and the sun's radiation. The coal age, when passed, will have lasted a .shorter] period than the Moorish occupation of i Spain, which then seemed so import- ant to Christendom, but vanished, leav- ing a palace or two and a few roman- tic tales. As the losses of the Na- poleonic wars were made good by de- 1 velopment of steam and coal, so tho i last war's losses must be made good | by a more effectual use of natural forces for industrial work." fixed and running royalty to the two organizations which have developed! and own It. V, ,i 11 I. ilidOn 1)' comes to sooty and Shaw hies off to bis country .100,000,000 barrels at. present, tho amount of fuel oil produced In Its B, a siibs-anllal, Ivy-clad, brick, manufacture far exceeds all demand ,' \\.)' St. Lawrence, in llert- for It. ford shire. His house stands at one end of tho village of about 100 Inhabitants. It commands a wide view, has much Shares in the Hydro Patents Com- pany are held by the various user.! of j the pro<css in proportion to their crude oil-running capacities, the an-'' win-low space and Is enclosed by a nouncement said, with a minimum well trimmed bcdgo fence. Barbed, holding of 500 shares. In return for , oiind the. extreme limits of the control of tho process In thfi United estate keeps out Intruders. Slates, tho new company will pay a Ycuthful Princess Goes Shopping Korf.tr, Scotland Little I'rim-ess Kli/.abelh, daughter of the Duke of York, went shopping here recently carrying her own purse and paying hr-r own bills. She Is slaying with her mother, the D'K-hess of York, at (ilainis Castb- near IK re and came to town escorted by her maternal grandmother, the round's! of Strathmore, to buy a lunik. Sev.ial were shown to her which, after much examination, she rejected, saying: "I've seen that al- i Finally she found one that w i new to her and asked the price. Then she said, "I will take, that," and pro- duced her purse with dignified self- possession and paid for It. N.Y. Hears Aviator 5,800 Miles Away New York. ('apt . Lewis Yancey, transatlantic, flier on a good will tour of South America, talked from an air- plund 4500 feet over Itnenos Aires, with several persons in the United States recently. Although his voice and ihat of his radio operator, Mr. linuck, ero being transmitted over a distance of more than fiMHl miles, they were heard in New York as plainly as thoimli tlie conversation were bciiu: carried on over a local telephone line. Fred K. Meinholf.. manager of Iho New York Times radio station, was notified that a call was coming through, from the Argentine, and five minutes later tho operator said: 'Stand by. Captain Yancey at Buenos Aires wishes to speak with you." Almost immediately the aviator's voice was clearly distinguished. Cap- tain Yancey said he, was flying above Hueiios Aires and that tho weather was very cold. When ho had talked for six minutes, Mr. liouck came on tho line. Ho said tho n plnne.'s voice transmitter was operating on the 3-1- meter wave. The convorsatlons were Intercepted by radiophone station LSN of tho In- ternational Telephone and Telegraph Company in llnenos Aires, where the voice was i ei.uliocast to New York on a II -meter wave. Tho short waves from South America were interecepted at the Netconi? (N.J.) American Tele- phono & Telegraph Company short wave receiving station and curried by wire to the New York Telephone Sys- tem iu Walker Street. ''The cheap car Is here to stay," writes a mo'.nring correspondent. Hut we prefer tho car that will go. Old Gardner (to his boss, on being offered a refreshment). "Thank ye, sir." (Receives the drink >: "Did ye put in the whiskey or water fust, .sir?" "The whisky." "Thank*. I'll maybe come to It by and by." Bucharest, Rumania. While letters continue to arrive telling of the Okla- homa City giant gnsher Rumania's fa- mous gusher enters its twelfth mouth of brilliantly illuminating the coun- try's greatest old field. The well, be- longing to the Standard Oil Company, came in with a terrific and unexpect- ed bang May 28 last year, and fric- tion of stones did the rest. Since then It has been making Rumanian history, and probably world history in the an- nals of oil well fires. The well was one of the first to en- ter the Meotic or deep strata, the two other layers of sand having been ex- hausted. Although the eruption has been one of the most powerful yet en- countered in Rumania, estimates of escaping crude oil have never reached more than 10,000 barrels a day. Method after method for extinguish- ing oil well fires has been tried, but of no avail. Foreign experts have come and they have failed. The sudden shock from a field cannon has been known to succeed in making the blaze of an oil well disappear. Recently the writer spent two days with an engineer friend who lives within a mile of the well. During the long evenings there, was no need of turning on electric lights, but for the stranger it was very difficult to sleep, due to the glare and the thundering noise. Those living there have be- como accustomed to the great light and avow that they will regret the day when it disappears. A lot of men can read their wives like a book, but they can't shut em up like one. "Whenever you see a ciui.^r." said Undo Ebon, "you'a liable to see a nu'.n dat w::;i'ii' iviiich of, a beginner in de fust place." Long- Winded Speakers Warned by Lights Not everyone can start a speech. Even fewer can bring one to a timely conclusion. An orators' club in Wor- cester, Mass., has made a novel pro- vision for the latter class by installing at the chairman's elbow a series of signal lights yellow, green and red. When tho speaker draws near his time limit, the yellow light warns him to hasten toward his close. The green light tells him his ilme is about ex- hausted. The red light means "sit down." Hut why should such a provision be necessary? Do speakers, once having the body of their address well in hand, neglect the conclusion, thinking it of lesser importance? Or do they feel that, having with some, trepidation made tho Initial plunge, they have earned the privilege of long-winded- ness? Almost anyone who lias sat through several after-dinner oratorical bouts must have remarked with what seem- ing reluctance some speakers begin a most interesting oration hnd with what persistence they ramble on and on to a verbose and sometimes tact- less conclusion. How nice it would be if such worthy, but wordy, brethren should remember the red light of the Worcester Speakers' Club and men- tally switch it on when tempted to ex cessive loquaciousness. Beauty in Clover Has Been Ignored Summer is the time to study the clovers. This plant suffers Injustice; it has for centuries been a most valu- able forage crop, but its beautjr is much overlooked. This, however, la no loss to the clover, for it does not bloom for people, but for the bes and butterflies. Emily Dickinson said: "The pedigree o honey does not con- cern the bee, A clover, any time, to him is aris- tocracy." A field of red clover in bloom, sway- ing in the wind, is a beautiful sight, but we do not need landscapes to teach us its bea.ity. Just one clover blossom studied carefully, and looked at with clear-seeing eyes, reveals each floweret beautiful in color, in- teresting in form, and perfect in its mechanism for securing cross pollena- tion. The clover is especially renowned for its partnerships with members of the animal kingdom. Ic readily forms a partnership with man, gladly grow- ing in hi-i pastures and meadows, while he distributes its seed. For many years clover was regard- ed as a crop helpful to the soil, and the reason given was the great length of the roots. Thus the roota of the red clover often reach to tha depth of several feet, even in heavy soil, but It was also learned that little "nodules" on the roots of clovers ara able to free nitrogen of the air, and make it available for plant food. The red clover came to us from Eu- rope, but la a native of Asia. It is tha clover most widely cultivated in America and a great friend of bumble- bees. Bumblebees had to be import- ed into Australia before clover seed could be produced there. The white clover is the most beauti- ful of all. Its leaves make a rug for our feet In every possible place and is known to all. It is the best beloved by honey-bees; and the per- son who does not know the distinct flavor of white clover honey has missed something. It is probably a native of North America, yet it is truly cosmopolitan and may be found in almost all regions of the temper- ate zones. It even cheers Siberia with its presence. The yellow or hop clover is a friend- ly little plant, filling waste places with brilliant green leaves, dotted with small yellow flower heads, and is not recognized as a clover by those who are not observant. The rabbit foot or stone clover is not easily recognized. Here the flow- erets occcr in long, dense heads. The calyx is very silky, and the lobes are longer than the white corollas, thus giving the flower head a soft, halrj look, something like the early stages of the blossom of the pussy willow. Alfalfa is the veteran of all th clovers, for it has been under culti- vation, for twenty centuries. It is a native of the valleys of western Asia, In America it was first introduced into Mexico by the Spaniards. It was brought from Chile to California In 1S54, where It has been since that time a most important crop. In fact, there is no better hay than alfalfa. There are numerous other clovers, but sweet clover must not be over- looked. In driving through country roads we lind ourselves suddenly Im- mersed in a wave of delightful fra- grance, and If we look for the source we may lind there in the most forbid- ding and hardest soils of the road- sides this fri.-mlly plant, that, grow- ing as a w?ed. diffuses sweet perfume. When the soil is generous the sweet clover often grow;: very tall, some- times ten feet hi.r,h. It is a cheer- ful, adaptable and beneficial plant. No wonder Andrew Lang wrote: "Hush, ah hush, the scythes are say- Ing, Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep; I lush, they say to the grasses sway- Ing. Hush, they sing to tha clover doep." Kmigrants to the number of 3,473 j were helped to go to the overseas Do- minions last year by the British Le- gion. Of the 80.000 tons of blended butter sold In Knglnnd every year, 60.000 tons iMiitaln a proportion of inferior butter I from abroad. Three of a Kind! "Divorce ought to be no easy that It could be got at Woolwortlfs for live cents." Cosmo Hamilton. "Why so depressed, old man?" "The horrible cost of living; constant bills for materials, paint and shingling." "What, your house?" "No, my daugh- ter*." Striking view of Royal Air Force seaplane squadron as they appeared recently at annual pageant at Hemlon aerodrome, London.