The sun., 1908-12-13

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quite true London may be dulIer and
darker overhead and often foggler, but
the streets are incomparably better kept
and cleaner and ddter than In Paris.
More than one French visitor to
England this year has noticed how much
politeness one meets with In London and
all over England nowadays. France
used to be regarded as tho land Of polite
mesa. England has certainly done better
Of late years. Even in the northern
manufacturing districts one is not hustled
and hustled getting In and out OF trains
and trans az In Paris nowadays.
sNo queues with tickets are made on
the French system. but the. roughest
workman quietly takes his turn and is
careful not to press rudely before fiis
helghbor. Never Ia England does one
see woman standing In the London
tube or elsewhere while man sits. In
Paris this is quite common thing; here
men do sometlnes give up their places IN
the train or tram--not usually.
"The scramble among men and women
Of all Glasses in the big shops, the way
In which men brush before women and
the stronger or bigger msn and women
elbow past the smaller or weaker In these
up to date days quite bellies the traditions
Of French politeness. England, on the
contrary, has gained in general good
manners. The French are the first to
acknowledge and appreciate English street
politeness and cleanliness
Engage lightweight ohauffeurs Is the
advice Of well known English motor
car company which has discovered by
careful investigation that q chauffeur
weighing 211 pounds takes about 29a
miles OF the life Of each tire Of a light
runabout car Of the type most popular
with automobilists of moderate means.
As the result Of competitions carried
on last year 8. F. Edge, one Of the best
known British experts, has accumulated
a mass of statistics concerning wear and
tear on tires. The results of these tire
tests are all reduced to ton miles, that is,
the number Of miles that the tires would
have run had the weight OF the cars been
exactly one ton.
For q lightweight HORSEPOWER rum
about weighing about thirteen hupdred-
weight the average life of tire ID COM
puted at 1000 miles. Working on this
basis it Is calculated that d 40 pound
chauffeur would reduce the distance to
only e,i28 miles, while 2io pound man
would reduce it TO e,1T3 miles.
As the tires for such a car cost approxi-
mately IS each for 1000 miles, the heavy
chauffeur would cost SIS to each set of
tires more than the lightweight.
The number Of applicants for old age
pensions is up to the present 1S9,07o in
excess Of the estimate made by the Prime
Minister and the Chancellor Of the Ex-
ohequer. Their estimate was 500 900. the
latest returns are 8Ss. .070, and the number
ia increasing daily.
4. OF these 387, 1877 come from England.
1ss, ,lss from Ireland, %, ,7sS from Scotland
and $3.50 from Wales. The Treasury Is
amazed at the figures. 1t had been gen.
erallS expected that the pension COM
mittees would on Investigation cut down
the applications TO something like the
original expert estimate. but this enor-
nous number has been passed by the
snOise officers and are practically all of
them sound.
A remarkable invention In the medical
line is an apparatus by means Of which
the stomach may De photographed from
within. 1t is the discovery of a Munich
doctor, and is thus described in action:
sThe camera 10 actually swallowed by
the patient, and when 1t reaches its des-
tination the interior OF the stomach is
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taohed to the apparatus. At the bottom
of the camera is wound q Photographic
film twenty inches long and quarter Of
an inch wide.
sThe physician pulls cord which
runs the Aim past the lens. the electric
lamp Is turned on and the impressions
made on the sensitive film. The pro-
cedure Is repeated until the requisite num-
Der Of pictures has been taken
The sale Of the collection OF pictures
and tapestries. the selection as he pre-
ferred to call 1t, of the late NJ. Henry
Say tho millionaire sugar manufao-
turer, attracted an unprecedented crowd
TO the Georges Petit galleries in. Paris.
The thirty-six lots Of the catalogue
I0auZcO u tOttbl OA O1oogoots VI WIiCh th0
pictures brought $148,5s4 and the tapes
tries Sll2.4eo.
The highest price obtained was for aLa
Ronde Champetre' by Lancret. on which
The reserve price Of $4,000 had been
placed. This price was soon reached and
passed and the picture was bought by
Messrs. Aknew for s8l. 800. M. Say paid
s23.s00. for it at the Tabourier sale In
1893. II was sold by auction in 1884 for
IL. 900 and again In 1882 Cor $1,000.
Other prices realized Vere:
La Conversation Galante. by Pater SIC. 900
Bacchante. by Greuze e......,....... 1900 |
Saint Pierre de Rome" and -Ruines
Romaines," by Hubert Robert m 1900 |
La Flotte Hollandalse," by Van der
Veide. ......,.............-... 5,1o0 |
'Venise,' by Canaletto ............ 5000 |
'Le Bal, attributed to Watteau.. 7.4OO
La Sainte Famille. by Murillo ,.... 900 |
OF the modern pictures Fromentin 8 |
lie Passage du Cue brought s12. 400;
Y. Say paid a, 100 for tin 1868.
"Le Chasseur au Marais, by Decamps. |
brought a. 400; in 1857 it was sold by auo-
ion for 81. 200 and in 1858 NJ Say paid
u 300 for it. =
The Ministry Of Marine has been noti-
led that the following American war
hips will arrive in Italy on January Is
Iext and remain there until January 81:
Ieorgia, Nebraska and Kentucky at