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I The Barawell People-Sentinel, Banwell, & C, Ihiindaf, April 18,1*35 Smooth Air Work By JACK MITCHELL • » McClure Newspaper Syndicate wimu oervlce. URGED U. S. TO GRAB; ^ CENTER OF 'EARTH Symmeiites Expected to En- - ter at North Pole. Washington.—Relics of oi\p of the most fantastic episodes In American history have just come to light at the Smithsonian institution. One of these Is a rare broadside, dated September 14, 1822, by Capt John Cleves Symmes, a retired army officer, In which he advanced, 1 the argument that the Lights of New York by L. L STEVENSON At sixty, the small and wiry- Jules Judela Is the oldest attache, In point ofjmrrice, of the Metropolitan opera bouse. He came to America from Am sterdam when a. lad of fourteen and got a Job as . cash boy in a clothing store at 13.00 a week. In 1891, he went to the Metropolitan as call boy and thus became an assistant to his father In getting the stars of .that das to, rehearsals on time. Thirty-two^ years Don Jupn?” Wilma' * “Dashful BEN* MAYFIELD de termined for the hundredth time to tell Wilma that he loved her. Fur thermore, with an increased salary cinched, he’d ask her to marry him. Bravely he stepped from the stag line, a tell bronzed figure quite handsome _ In a tuxedo.—He tagged-the beautiful—safth was hollow and -that a ship- -agor-hla father resigned and - the--sea blond Wilma. . - . - • Wilma. I’ve something to tell yon,” he blurted. , “A confession, asked. “Bashful Ben’s” heart sank and his confidence vanished. The same thing had happened many times before^ “N no ” h.e stammered. a I want to tell you that I—I-^have some inore old clothes for the Junior League shop.” Wilma rested her head against his shoulder. He hoped she wasn’t repress ing a snicker. “Thanks, Ben. We need them. You’d be surprised at.the peo ple who are destitute.” Ben continued dancing without con versation but creditably. Next morning the factory superin tendent greeted Ben as he entered the locker room at the field. “No planes to test hrtday, Bashful. The old map wants you to go over to the school and check out a limited commercial candi date.” Ben’s usually pleasant disposition seemed to vanish. “What’s Malden getting by with?” he growled. “I’m supposed to be a test pilot, not a students’ nursemaid.” Beneath Ben’s Irritation lay a terrifying fear.' Wilma was a limited candidate in the Arcway Flying school. “The old man thought It would be a good idea for you to do a little In structing before you take over the Nolton branch. You might build up a school over there.” . • “Who’s the student?” Ben tried to keep his voice firm. “Some debutante. Maybe you know hen v but remember, no favoritism,” the factory superintendent warned. “What plane?* Ben growled. “Check plane two. The low wing.” In Ben’s mind there formed a des perate plan. He had to incapacitate check plane two- till Malden finished checking those transport candidates. Then he could get Malden t<^ check Wilma. “Some cotton In the carbure tor Jets would keep the plane on\the ground long enough,” Ben decided. He entered the hangar nnd ap proached check plane two. His heart -did a power dive as he saw a mechan ic bob dp from the motor cowling. “Mornln’,” Mr. Mayfield. I had to come out early, ~to check up on this -timer. She was missin’ a little when they brought her In yesterday. Everything will be O. K. by the time the students get here,” —r—; — There was nothing to do except wait - t Finally Wilma drove up. He was right, he thought bitterly, watching h*er putting a gosport helmet over her golden hair. But he was puzzled by might sail into the Interior - through a “hole” at the north pole. This was one of several circulars and news paper articles on the subject distrib uted to institutions of learning all over the world between 1818 and 1829. Symmes at that time was urging the United States government to send out an expedition to “discover” the inside world and claim it for the American people under the patronage of “himself, his wife and her tea chil dren.” ^ It would be, he argued with considerable plausibility In the light of the geophysics of the day, a warm fertile, and probably Inhabited world, almost as great In extent as the outer surface of the globe. Symmesitea Were Organized. All this seems- Incredibly fantastic today. But at the time groups of Symmesites were organized all over the. United States, and several petK tions were presented to congress ask ing that such an expedition actually be organized. All the" petitions were laid on the table by congress, some of them with considerable “kidding.” There were, however, two tangible results. First, the Interest aroused in ex ploration by the Symmesites may have been oiie of the factors which' led to the Wilkes exploring expedition, which resulted, in turn, in the first discov ery of land below the Antarctic cir cle, according to many competent geographers. Second, the Symmes scheme fur nished the basis for one of the most stirring tales of Edgar Allan Poe, “The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pyrn.” . The fantasy may have inspired some ot the writings of Jules Verne. Pamphlet Offers Objections. With the broadside is aa- age-yel lowed. pamphlet—almost ludicrously cautious and circumspect to the read er of today—in which objections are raised to the ideas of the former army officer. With the broadside is Symmes’ map of “Symmesonia,” the supposed con tinental mass beyond and below the northern “verge” of the world, with the “Synimes river” pouring south- vward into the Atlantic at about the jcatlon of Davis’ strait This would b^v Symmes said, by far the greatest rtvdr in the world, slnte it was one of the nuiln outlets of the ocean?, of the interior into the oceans of the exterior. Although the Symmesite enthusiasm Mfitctlatod the establishment of the Smithsonian institution, the material probably was sent to the old Colum bian Institute In Washington and formed part \>f the Smithsonifui's heritage from that establishment took hla place. Not until Gattl-Cas- azza topk the relna of the opera did he attain the title of “master of re hearsals” which he has held ever singe. The title was given him by GiuseppI Bamboschek, then Gattl-Casazza’s sec retary. But -even with the title, the work remained the same. In addition to getting the singers to rehearsals on time, he has to get them aboard trains when the opera travels. ^ —:—•—.— ■ » a -~y ~ ~ In the old days, hla Job, Judels re calls, was much more strenuous than tt became after the arrival of Gattl- Casazza. Melba, Jean De Rezske and the other great of those days either did or didn’t appear at rehearsals or they came late. The principal excuse was that they had not been notified and then the master of rehearsals was the one on whom the blame fell. He recalls the first rehearsal held with Toscanninl. One of the singers, Melt- shlk, who had a principal part, did not appear. Judels went to the nearby hotel In which she lived to Investigate. He found that letters shoved under her door went right on, under her bed. De spite her protests, he led her by the arm to the opera house. ' , , , Time Brings • Change I' We Carry Everything • Aa the foest was leaving the hote'j She had priced nearly everything he slipped n dollar Into the hand o on the 10-cent counter, and the salas man was growlfeg a little weaxy sf her custom. At length she reached far a bunch of wire tea strainers am' asked: the porter. “Here’s something to drink to my health* with,* be said. The porter grimaced. “Thank you, sir,” he said, “but If 1 remember correctly, you gave m< |5 last year for the same thing.” “That’a right,” smiled the guest “but this year my health Is better.” To keep dean and healthy take D*. Plerce’a Pleasant Pallet*. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach.—Adv. n Antelope Sanctuary Since th'e enclosure of 40 square miles of Petrified Forest national monument to exclude cattle, antelope have begun to return to this area, reports a* bulletin from the Depart ment of the Interior. 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That's just exactly what your friends are bound to any when you Simonia your car. The finish win sparkle like new again, and It wiD stay that way. So always insist on Simonia and Simonia Kleener for your car. MOTORISTS WISE SIMQNIZ r the gosport He hadn’t known that the p***. x k I V niJ school used them on advanced check I rittSDlirgll Loses Uld Title aa the Smoky City M- school used them on advanced check hops. Suddenly the full one way speaking tube possibilities of the gosport oc curred to him. ... A chance to talk to* Wilma without running Into her confidence-destroying Jests, with out even looking at her demoralizing beauty 1 Ben pulled hfs tinted goggles over his eyes and his parachute-silk necker chief up over his mouth. While the mechanics were unchock- Ing wheels, Ben, pitching his voice as low as he qpuld, said through the tube: “Take off and climb to three thousand; Fly to Durberry, doing S-tnrns on the way. Bank ’em np steep. When you get to Durberry. land at the airport.” Wilma’s take-off waa good and her air work smoother than that of many veterans. After a few turns Ben shook, the contrpls. Wilma released them. Beji wanted her to concentrate on what he was going to say. This time he didn’t disguise his voice _“Your -work^-la-xery^ Smooth as you are, Wilma.” There was no retort, df course. He gathered courage. ’There’s something I’ve been trying to tell yoti for-a long time, but yon always got me off on Junior Leagues or something. Now I’m going to tell you and you’re not going to Interrupt: I love you.” The world didn’t fall apart, so Ben continued. T’m going to be manager of-the Nolton branch, and I want you to marry me. I promise tp—” __ Wilma shook the controls vigorous ly. The world was falling apart, after all. Ben’s hand fell limply from the stick. Wilma conldn’t talk back and she couldn’t walk home, but she could land at any suburban field and call a taxi. She ihjgbb even report him. for get I’ittsburgh, l*a.—No longer will Pitts burgh be referred to' a&\ the Smoky city, If the words of visitors can be taken literally. That people of other cities Up longer look upon the Iron city as a smoky, dirty metropolis became known when Elwood. Farra of Lexington, Ky., came here to discuss methods of smoke regu lation and abatement for that city. “Pittsburgh,” Farra said, “may have been the Smoky city of yesterday, but right now it Is a step ahead of a lot of places known for their cleanliness.” Farra recalled a visit he made here ten years ago and recollected the great pall of smoke which hung over the city at that time. “That reqflly was smoke,” he said. Gatti-Casazza introduced the system of morning telephone calls, a check-up which did away with the excuse of not - baving been notified, and thus made Judels’ job easier. Caruso was always in time, he said. Lily Pons would be a bit late on occasions. Rosa Ponaelle appears right on the minute and *o does Lawrence Tibbett This season, the opera has made only one trip and thus the train end of hla job has been inconsequential, though strenuous in the past It la the Intention of the master oijprehearsals to stay on.the job until he Is retired. a a a An incident which Adela Rogers' St John, the writer, related shows that Mrs. FrAnklln D. Roosevelt has taken to .Washington the simplicity of her NeW'York home. Miss St. John called the White House recently and much to her aurpriae, Mrs. Roosevelt an swered. She asked Mrs. Roosevelt If she made HT a practice to answer the telephone and the first lady of the land replied that she- frequently -did - be cause there were so many people around the place, that none answered It as a regular Job. 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