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The Barawell People-Sentinel, Banwell, & C, Ihiindaf, April 18,1*35
Smooth Air Work
By JACK MITCHELL •
» McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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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'
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“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.
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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*.
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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. Now these an
imals are finding sanctuary in a re
gion where they have ranged from
time Immemorial.
“Land! What's them for?"
“Those are muzzles for sausages
ma'am, to keep 'em from bitting each
other,” waa the reply.—Montree’
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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. Twice this writer
has called the Roosevelt home In New
York and Mrs. Roosevelt has answered
a • a :
That reminds me of one day when I
endeavored to get In touch with the
secretary of one of the biggest steel
companies In regard to a rumor. The
man who answered replied that the
secretary was out and asked what I
wanted to know. I told him and he
replied that there was no need to try
to get the secretary since there was
nothing to the rumor. He was certain
of that because be was the president
of the company, —-
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Dicing a receqt- case before the
6ourt of- Appeals, a prominent lawyer
and a judge got Into an argument Tjie
judge, .Irritated, declared: “That’a not"'
the law. Isn't that right?” Whereupon
the lawyer replied suavely: “It was the
law until you spoke, your honor." The
tension was relieved—and the attorney
won his case.
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Cincinnati, Ohio.—Glendale, a sub
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financial condition throughout the de
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do with $6,426 coming to It unexpect
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tar receipts. _
Villagers own so much in stocks and
bonds that the town levies no real
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New Gold Strike Made
in Province of Alberta
Edmonton, Alta.—High-grade gold IB
beihg unearthed over a wide area In
the new Beaverlodge gold strike on the
north-shore of Lake Athabaska, and ex
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here report
It la predicted the new field wiH ex-
X greater degree of activity
Great Bear lake field- next
summer.
Prospectors reported that samples
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gold per ton are being found in the
ntw gold field.
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Village officials decided to use their
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ua
sales tax moneys to Improve street!
and extend sewers.
Coal It Salvaged From
Lake Michigan Bottom
Gladstone, Mich.—Free coal for all
who are ingenious enough to salvage
Staara Replace Mnlaa
Mobile, Ala.—Steers Instead of muleiu
will be used on Alabama rehabilitatlou
farms In'tilling their 1935 crops. This
plan last year reduced the rehabilita
tion cost of $100 per family. About
10,000 steers will be used.
It from the waters of Lake Michigan
ting’ so tresh, thought Ben, aa Wilms I on the Gladstone waterfront has
cut the gnu and lost altitude rapidly
In a spiral. She landed beautifully
and taxied onto the apron In front M
theTtefiger. .
Ben removed the gosport ifiouthpiecc
with shaking hands. With great effort
he steeled himself to resume the rob
fcf flight instructor. “That landing wai
all right, but this' Isn’t Durberry," h«
■aid looking ITa propellor tip. I - Collects Chiaa Dogs
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After waiting two year* for this, jot I lections In the country, ghe has col-
dont think Tm going to give you t | ected more than 490,230 toy dogs
brought nearly 200 men out on the ice
each day this winter. Coal docks
cupied a shore site here for 40 years
and at one time nearly 00,000 tons of
coal were damped In the water when
the docks caught fire. Salvagers use
a wire basket with a heavy iron bale
to hold it rigid. '
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East Palestine, Ohio.—Vance C.
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Into the Ohio bar recently by Chief
Justice- Carl V. WeygandL of the
State Supreme court
Stuller took hla law work at
Ohio State nnilveralty, studied pre
viously at Capitol university, Co
lumbus, and the Ohio State School
for the Blind. .Though ho knows
Braille, be wept through Capitol
and State, by having students read;
to him. He earned part of hla way
through school typing fotf students
who have their eyesight
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