Putting 3884

undergo under the influence of (lie acium ot I "failing ironi

bacteria.

Putting the Shot is an athletic import thai
consists in casting n weight with an upward
and forward motion of the aim,

Putty, a plastic mixture composed of fun*
dry'whiting or powdered chalk and linseed
oil, improved by the addition of while lead.

Putty Powder is the dioxide of tin, SnO-.
It is used for polishing stone and jjlaj-s for
making white enamel, and in making glnss
opaque.

Putumayo, an unoruanized territory of ap-
proximately 200,000 $(|.m., to the extreme >.
of Colombia, and adjoining Kcuador.

Puvis de Chavannos, Pierre (iS^-oS),
French painter, was horn in L\oi»s. Havinuj
resolved to work out his own development
and avoid all schools and cliques, hr fu.-t at-
tracted attention by two painting, retire and
War (iS6j). He decorated the Host on ( Ma.ss.)
Library with nine fine panels. The Mn\ex Sa-
luting the Spirit of Rnli^hlment, and repre-
sentations of the Arts and Sdentrs (iK<»5-X).

Puya, a genus of tropical South American
herbaceous plants of the order Bromeliarwr.
It equals the Agave in height, and greatly sur-
passes it in the thickness of its half-woody
stem. When the plant is mature it thrusts
forth from the crown of spiny leaves a huge
showy panicle of yellow flowers which may
be from 6 to 9 ft. in height.

Puy-de-D6me, a central department of
France, The department is rich in minerals,
coal and lead being the chief, and abounds in
mineral springs, hot and cold, among which
those of Mont-Dore are most widely known.
Capital, Clermont-Ferrand. Area, .3,000 sq.m,;
p. 400,000.

Puy, Le, or Le Puy-en-Velay, town and
episcopal see, France, capital of the depart-
ment Hautc-Loire, The Komunescjue Cathe-
dral (6th-Tjth century) is readied by a long
flight of steps, and contains a miracle-work-
ing image of the Holy Virgin in black marble,
Puy is a center for the manufacture of lace
and guipure; p.22,000.

Puzzle, something so devised as to require,
ingenuity and patience* in properly arranging
Us parts, usually for the purpose of recreation
or amusement.

PWA, Public Works Administration. Sec
United States History, New Deal*

PWEHC, Public Works Emergency Hous-
ing Corporation. A United States New Deal
agency.

Pyaemia, or Pyemia, in medicine, a septic
condition of the blood in which organisms

Pynchon

une in led ed spot, possibly an
external \voimd, enter the circulation and set
up one or more alwe>se* elsewhere.

Pyat, Felix (1X10 So), a French journalist
and <.o»mnumM, ua.s born in Yieram, depart-
ment (.'her. He took a foremost part in the
destruction of the Vendome Column. His
\\orLs iiirlndt Lcttrtxd'nn Prnst'rit (1851).

Pycno^onieiac, Panlopoda, or Sea Spid-
ers, a remarkaMc ^roup of Arthropod ani-
mals, pethap^ intermediate l>etween Crusta-
cean^ and Aiaelmids, They are spider-like or-
nain'^ni*-, havipv; four well-developed walking
le^<, (tfteii of ureai length.

Pyc, Henry James d 7,{>-iSi^), English
l>oel l:nir<'atc, \vas Ixu'ii in London, llis works
an* about .T) in number, and include Alfred
fiSui).

Pyoshkoff, A. M. See Gorky, Maxim.

Pyjjmalion* (i.) In ancient legend, a kinji
of Cyprus who fell in love with an ivorj
statue of a \oiimc maiden \\hich he himself
made, and into which, by hi> prayers, he pre-
vailed on Aphrodite to breathe life. He then
married her, and became by her the father of
I'aphtis, fn.) hido's brother, who murdered
her husband Sycha-us in order to possess him-
self of his {.treat wealth. Consult. Jf,neld i.

Pygnnios. See Dwarf.

Pylades, iti ancient (Jreek lei»<4nd, the son
of Strophiuis kin'j; of Thocis and nephew of
Agamemnon.

Pylo, Howard (185,4- to. J i), American iltu-
:-trator and author, was horn itx Wilmington,
l)t'l. He wrote bonk,4 for chilfiren, illustrated
with hi-; own drawings. Tliese include: The
Merry Adventures oj Robin Hood (iSK,0;
The Story aj ttte> finirl Mid the Ptwsing of
Arthur fifMo).

Pylorufi, in anatomy, (he annular opening
at Ihe lower end of the stomach, through
which food passs into the bowel,

Pylo% «r Pyltia, an ancient (Jreek town in
Me,^ema,on a roeky pronumtory at the north
-•ide of the Hay of Pylos. Nestor in the Iliad
in kinj? of Pylos.

Pym, John O.^.t-ify.Ox KnRlish Parlia-
mentary leader and .wtatesrnan, was born in
Brywore, Somt»rwlshire. At the meeting of
the Lonu: Pitrliaiurnt (1640) Pym proceeded
to impeach Strafford and Laud, and took part
m the drawing up of the Grand Remonstrance,
AIortK with Hampden, Hollts, Hasclri^ and
Strodt* he was impeached by Charles i.

Pynchon, John (1621-170,$), American
colonist, was born in Springfield, Esacx, Eng-
land* He laid out the toxvrm of Northamp-
ton, Hartley, Hatfidd, Durficld, Northficld,