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LEFT RICE 31 RICE Rice starch is made in considerable quantity and is used in laundries and muslin manufactories. It has one-fourth more starch in its composition than wheat. The straw of rice is used to make straw plait for bonnets and the straw shoes of Japan. The refuse of rice is valuable as food for cattle. It is known as rice meal and rice dust. Canada rice ' (Zizania aquatica), the wild rice or Indian rice of North Amer- ica, is a species of grass quite different from the true rice, and of a different genus. It is common in North America, and particularly abundant in the N. W. parts, growing in miry places or shal- low water, often on the margins of lakes. It has a culm seven or eight feet high, with broad diffuse leaves, and a large terminal panicle of male flowers, with a spike of female flowers at the summit. The flowers have six stamens. The seeds are about half an inch long, slender, farinaceous, and are much used by the Indians where the plant abounds. RICE, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, an American explorer and geographer, born in Boston, Mass., in 1875. He was educated at Harvard, and although re- ceiving a degree of M.D. in 1902, he later became interested in geography and exploration, studying from 1908 to 1910 at the School of Geographical Sur- vey and Astronomy of the Royal Geo- graphical Society, in London. He organ- ized and conducted several expeditions to tropical South American countries. Dur- ing the World War he served as surgeon at a military hospital in Paris, and at die American Ambulance at Neuilly. He was a member of several geographical societies in this country and abroad and was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1914. The re- sults of some of his explorations and scientific investigations were published in the form of articles in the "Geograph- ical Journal." RICE, ALICE (CALDWELL) HEGAN, an American author, born in Shelbyyille,Ky., in 1870. She was edu- cated in private schools and gave much time and thought to philanthropic work, being one of the founders of the Cab- bage Patch Settlement House, of Louis- ville, Ky. In 1902 she was married to Cale Young Rice (q. v.). Her books, some of which have met with very great success, include "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cab- bage Patch" (1901) ; "Lovey Mary" (1903); "Sandy" (1905); "Captain June" (1907) ; "Mr. Opp" (1909) ; "A Romance of Billy Goat Hill" (1912) ; "The Honorable Percival" (1914) ; and "Calvary Alley" (1918). She also wrote numerous short stories. Some of her books have been translated into several languages, while others have been dra- matized. RICE, CALE YOUNG, an American poet and dramatist, born at Dixon. Ky., in 1872. He was educated at Cumber- land University and at Harvard. In 1902 he married Alice Caldwell Hegan. He was a frequent contributor of poems to many magazines. His poems pub- lished in book form include "From Dusk to Dusk" (1898) ; "With Omar" (1900) ; "Song-Surf" (1900) ; "Nirvana Days" (1908) ; "Many Gods" (1910) ; "Far Quests" (1912) ; "At the World's Heart" (1914); "Earth and New Earth" (1916); "Trails Sunward" (1917) ; "Wraiths and Realities" (1918) ; "Songs to A. H. R." (1918); and "Shadowy Thresholds" (1919). He also wrote several poetic dramas, including "David" (1904) ; "A Night in Avignon" (1907), etc. A col- lection of his plays and poems was pub- lished in 1915. He was a member of the National Institute of Social Sci- ences, the Poetry Society of America, and the Society of American Drama- tists and Composers. RICE, JAMES, an English novelist; born in Northampton, England, Sept. 26, 1843. His reputation was well assured by the publication of "Ready-Money Mor- tiboy" (1872), the first of the series written in conjunction with Walter Be- sant. It was subsequently dramatized. This remarkable partnership continued with "The Golden Butterfly" (1876), "The Chaplain of the Fleet" (1881), "The Seamy Side" (1880), and several others. Previous to the partnership he had published "History of the British Turf" (1879). He died at Redhill, April 26, 1882. RICE, W(ILLIAM) NORTH, an American geologist and educator, born at Marblehead, Mass., in 1845. He was educated at Wesleyan University and at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. From 1867 to 1884 he was professor of geology and natural history at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and from 1884 to 1918, professor of geology, retiring in the latter year as professor emeritus. From 1907 to 1909 he served as acting president of this institution. From 1903 to 1916 he was superintendent of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey. He was a member and, at times, an officer of various scientific societies, and was also chairman of the Board of Examiners of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, as well as president, and later secretary of the Council of the