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NEW MONTE CARLO IN CUBA? j
Paeaj^lHty That WarfdtFam?u? (frinv |
Mint Ectcblishmant May B?
: Lacattd an tha Ivlani.
"The greatest gambling center la
the world will be located In the west
ern hemisphere If plans for palaces'
AanUtn DO arittn ftlit" Rfltd
>u vuim wc*vivy s.._ I
WalterP. Harris ofHavanna. 'X^uba
is already beset with the gambling
fever, and . fortunes change hands
(here almost every day.
"Since' tbe announcement of the j
prince of Monaco that he is prepar- i
ing to close Monte Carlo, there have
been extensive, preparations for the
establishment of great gambling pal
acet designed 40-attract the sporting
element: that now visits Monte Carlo
to the 'Pearl of the Antilles.' Several
villages have been surveyed with the
view of locating this gambling cen-!
ter, but so far no definite decision has
been reached.
"Gambling Is already flourishing is
Havana. The Casino de la Playa Is a
great garisl) temple of roulette, where
wonderful dinners are served at less
tfcah cost. The profit to tbe house
comes from the wheel. The men who
take women to the Casino for dinner
Invariably bact them at the wheel. I
"The moratorium now in effect on
the Island has not affected the crowds
at tbe Casino, because they are most
ly composed of tourists, and the vis
itor is treated to tbe sight of a coun
try, apparently bankrupt but gambling
madly, where fortunes change hands
overnight and the beggar of today
may be the rich man of tomorrow."?
Washington Poet
HUMAN FACE AS ABEACON
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Radiometer Able te Record the
"Shine" Thrown Off, at a Distance I
of Several Mii??
novelists that speak of a face
"lighting op" pat down an actoal truth
hat few of them are aware of or In
tend. One of the most delicate in
struments to the world, a radiometer,
records the "shine" of a Uuman face,
and can do it at a distance of several
miles. So delicate Ls the instrument
that it can detect and record the glim
mer of a candle half a mile away, and
If there were no atmosplitnle obstruc-,
tlon it could detect the same candle 16
miles away^ The instrument consists
of two thin glass disks, one polished j
and one blackened, suspended by a ,
quartz thread in a vacuum. Waves of
radiant energy striking this instru
ment disturb Its balance, because the
bright disk reflects them, while the
black one absorbs them.
While the human face t6 the nor
mal eye gives out no waves of radiant
energy, the fact remains that a con-j
stant flow of energy Is being thrown
off, and these waves travel an un
known distance. Although the radio
meter is a wonderful and delicate In
strument, there ls a thermal couple
ten times as sensitive as the radiome
ter and it can detect the heat of a
candle 00 miles distant
Italy to the Rescue.
Visiting a school is a doubtful pleas
ure. But the woman had promised to
call for a friend who is known as a
"rooky" teacher. She waited until al
most alosing time before entering the
school, a red brick, lumpy sort of
building, not specially attractive. It
looked as if she had come too soon.
A" J 1 J
aii swu iucusswj uu utr uibivuu
of on the busy little teacher. The
word "trio" was being explained to
the children and volunteers were
asked to stand and use the word in a
sentence. And no one need expect to
go home until the word was fully ex
plained.
Little R. T. coaxed, "Come now, tell
me Just one little story with trio* In
Timidly, swarthy little Giuseppe
raised hife hand. His naturally happy;
face was strained in his effort to belp.
Then flashed a bright smile at the
woman and shouted cheerfully:
"It is nearly trio clock."?New
York Sun.
Go to Class by Underground Tunnels.
An underground tunnel system that
has all the fascination of the cata
combs, although it serves the less dra
matic function of conveying beating
pipes, Is one of the chief attractions
St Wellesley college.
It has just been completed and un
dergraduates are being permitted to
ramble around under the 300-acre
campus.
The tunnels are six feet high and
wide enough for comfortable walking.
Girls have found that no matter how
cold the weather, it Is a good plan to
abandon coats when taking this long
adventure. The temperature from the
tvltvAA U aKam4 ~ ny V. I
iicauug ad ouuui iuui Vi u iurK
lsh bath.
This Oil May Cure Leprosy.
The use ot, Chaulmoogra oil has been
known for some time to have some vir
tue In the treatment of leprosy, and
recently It has been discovered that
- there are a great many points of simi
' larity between the germs of leprosy
and those of tuberculosis. This has
led to some government experiments
in the direction of combating tuber
culosis which will be conducted at Ha
waii. .
Iron Ore From the Alps.
A new iron ore field has been discov
ered In Switzerland which Is estimated
to contain 47,000.000 tons, which will
assure to Switzerland, at prewar con
sumption rate, sufficient iron ore to
Jai;t for 45 years. The federal council
a provision by the government
<>1 1.'<*V000 francs upon condition that
b lotU capital of 4,000,000 francs 1*
raised IOI exuiouauon.
HAD TOUCH OF COMIC OPERA
Chinese Armies Stopped Fifhtlng t?
Lit United State* VeeceJ Paw
Down the River.
EDSlgn William H. Galbralth, navi
gating officer of the United States de
stroyer Hart, attached to the United
States Asiatic squadron in Chinese wa
ters, In a letter tells of the Intensified
work placed on the hands of the Tea
sels of the squadron in the Far East
by the operations of the Chinese civil
war now in progress between tbe Pe
kingese and the Cantonese sections of
llie nation. When armies representing
these hostile sections approach cities
in which American citizens are in busi
ness there ts milch excitement on the
part of the Americans and they call
urgently for the protection of the fleet,
says the Columbus Dispatch!
Recerily the Hart received a radio
gram call from an officer of a United
I 1 1 Vila
| duties ujercuaui vessel, binnuj iu.i -??
' vessel 50 miles up one of the Chinese
rivers was being detained. The captain
j was anxious to put to sea, and would
! the Hart see that it was permitted to
I depart? The Hart got on the job at
i once and found when the scene was
reached that there was no govern
mental authority holding the United
States ship up, but the Cantonese
army was drawn up mi one side of the
river and the Pekingese on the other,
and a battle was in progress, with the
rivet, through which the United States
ship must pass, between th&n. Nato
| rally the captain did not fancy risking
! the shots that were passing across the
! channel. The respective commandera
i kindly suspended the fighting until the
! merchant vessel had passed.
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I SUCCESS SLOW IN COMING
, Discoverer of Vulcanize* Rubber Was
at One Time Compelled to Beg
Money for Bread.
' Charles Goodyear, who became
millionaire and was the inventor of vul
canized rubber as well as many other
forms of the tree sap products, at one
rime was forced to beg for $5 to keep
him from starving. In 1834 he discov
ered\hat rubber could be vulcanized.
It was an accident. He attempted to
remove some bronze dust from-a bit of
rubber cloth, and after trying several
J chemicals tried aqua fortis, a chem
! leal largely composed of sulphuric acid.
It .failed also, and he threw the cloth
away. A few days later he picked it
up by chance, and noted the spot
rubbed by the aqua fortis had hard
ened and would stand a degree of heat
| that would nave meirea it w iib loruicr
state. J :
He applied his discovery, and soon
was wearing i^ibber shoes, coats, hats
and other garments, and had a small
fortune by the right of his discovery.
But a year passed, aD'J(hls goods were
discredited and returned, rotting and
broken. He was ruined. He started
Id again to discover a method that
would vulcanize the rubber, and for
ten years he kept at it, his life a long
misery of hunger and cold and crush
ing poverty. His success came sudden
ly and soon he was rich beyond his
I wildest dreams.
Wonderful Poison Gates.
Canned, solidified, poison gas, which
I Is claimed to be absolutely foolproof
and mobile, has been perfected for use
by the American soldier, according to
Popular Mechanics Magazine. That
two studies?defensive and offensive
gns research?go hand in hand al
ready has been demonstrated, for, in
addition to the development of new
forms of gas, army experts at the
Edgewood (Md.) arsenal, have had to
improve the gas masks to make them
effective against some of the new
gases brought into existence there. In
technical military progress, every new
weapon means a call upon the armorer
for a new defense. As a result, this
country today has not only gases
which surpass anything used during
the World war, but a mask which, In
recent tests was worn 24 hours a day
for a week, except at mealtime, with
out any discomfort whatever. Jireatn
ing was normal, speaking was simple,
and it kept out all the gases thus far
known.
Women Smokers "Under Cover." *
The mastery of where womenvcig
arette smokers obtain their supply is
solved, in part at least, by an up
town druggist, who was asked why
nearly all such stores keep their to
bacco stands in inconspicuous places,
says the New York Sun. He said tlio
reason for doing so is because tlu
druggists cater to women smokers, and
this class is rather timid about pur
chasing In the open. The women, li
seems prefer to glide back to some out
of-the-way corner, where nobody will
see them. Of course, there are ex
ceptions.
Not Much of a Party.
Seven-year-old Jean and her mother
were invited to an Informal part.v
They went. There the guests talked
Rnd talked, and finally the bostes.1
passed for refreshments some wonder
ful fruit and candy. Little Jean atf
with the others but looked expectant
iy for something else. But nothinp
came.
On the way home she voiced be?
disappointment to mother. "I dor.'f
see why they call a thing like that r
party," she complained. "I don't think
1
uuuiit vi a (Ja* ij juu uuu i im*r #.
drop to drink."?Indianapolis News.
It Was Suggestion.
"So she refused you?"
"That's the impression I received."
"Didn't she actually say no?"
"No, che didn't. All she wn'
'Hn-ha-ha!'"?Ran Francisro t!hi*?n
tele.
i
'couple is charged
i assaulting A COP
'
J Boston, May 10.?James A. Dun
1 can, a teaching fellow in the physics
{department at Harvard and Miss
Julia Thomas of this city, pleaded
not guilty today to a charge ol! as
saulting David R. Blair, a negio po
liceman.
Blair was cut on one hand vith a
knife while 'questioning the man
and woman whom, he said he found
in a doorway in the south end early
1 Sunday morning. He wasr unable to
be present at the araignment and
the case was continued for a hearing
May 18. Bonds were furnished by
' Edwin H. Hall, Rumford profess.-r
of physics at Harvard. Duncan's
home is in Columbia, S. C. Miss
Thomas also is said to be a sooth
erner.
Rub-My-Tiam for Rheumatism.
The spinakord is considered by
physiologists as a prolongation of
the brain.
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the highest D
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APRIL 28th, 1921.
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