The sun., 1908-02-23
NEW PARIS EMBASSY OPENED
AhBASSADOR I'LL, MRS. WHITE
HOLDS RECEPTION.
American club Feasts In Honor OF the Day
Health without StOmach-FeeS At
Museums TO Pay for PrOteCtlng q uriOs
Mime. Curie Doubts Trans NUT alton.
spsclaI caDl. DsspaieA 10 TEE suN.

Mime. CurieN Doubts Trans mutation.
spsci0I Gable Dsspdioh to THE SUN.
PARIS, Feb. 22.-Ambassador and Mrs.
White gave a crowded reception this after
noon. thus opening the new embassy at
Rue francois. Ambassador White was i'll
with a severe attack Of grip, but Mrs
White, assisted by the embassy staff. made
the entertainment most successful.
The American Clubs Washington birth
day banquet was held tonight at the Hotel
Astoria. Il was one OF the best dinners
in the clubs history.
In order to raise funds for the protection
OF the collections the city imposed an
entrance fec of one franc to all municipal
museums. The first weeks receipts at the
Petit Palas were 343; at the Carnavalet.
s42.4O; at the Victor Hugo. $3.50; at the
Cernuschi, Ss.7S. The Council declares it is
satisfied with the result Of the experiment.
which 1t Ia expected will yield from 5000
to 1900 a year.
The sacred principle OF liberty. equality
and fraternity is preserved by allowing
free entrance on Sundays and Thursdays
and the liberal granting Of special cards to
students. The State museums Of the
Louvre and Luxembourg are not yet af-
fected.
DR.. Delageniere, lecturing at the Academy
OF Medicine, assured his hearers that it was
possible to live without stomach. but
the figures he quoted are not likely to en-
courage many to get rid Of that ofttimes
troublesome organ. OF ten cases in which
DIR. Delageniere entirely removed the stom-
ach owing to advanced cancer, four did
not survive the operation. The remainder
x,aH ha In n
half years One patient attends to his
daily occupation and is in excellent health.
although he was relieved Of his stomach
two years ago. The doctor is convinced
that when the technical side Of the opera
ton 10 more perfectly performed tho subse-
uuent duration Of life will be extended and
that cases Of average danger will DO oper-
ated upon and not merely as now cases
where all hope has been abandoned.
The process of disinfecting books handled
by infectious nvalids is described 10y the
Academy of Medicine author, Dr. Berlioz.
By placing unopened books in stove at a
heat under 95 centigrade, in which liquid
was eVaporatinR and giving on a vapOr Of
aldehydes DR. Berlioz obtained absolute
disinfection. The only precaution neces-
ssry with delicate bindings is to cover them
this process will be introduced for books
for the communal schools.
A note written by Nine. Curie read Mt the
Academy Of Sciences described the efforts
Of one Of her pupils, Miss Gledisch, under
Nine. Curis's direction to repeat Ramsay's
experiment of transmitting copper into
lithium under the influence of radium. Miss
Gledisch failed 20 obtain similar trans
fV,Nn 1ria IN ha-
Reve that the presence of lithium was due
to its preexistenCe in the components Of
the copper used.
woman doctor. Miss Pascal. has OBJ
tanned a position hitherto never granted TO
woman in France. After the keenest
competition of three weeks TO fill ten va
cancies in the medical staffs or the state
lunatic asyums Miss Pascal fiAished sixth
among the successful competitors.
The arrest Of the Austrian, Krumholz,
on a charge Of spying in an attempt to
obtain plans Of military dirigibles has
raised a discussion as to whether there
are secrets to steal in connection with
airships. All those best qualified to speak
on the subject say not. For example. VI.
Besancon. secretary Of the Aero Club,
says that everything is known To every
body. Franoe's only advantage being in
the knowledge Of certain tricks Of con-
struction more especially in the preparation
OF the metals used.
NJ. Deutsch's engineer, Kapfer, the con-
structor OF the Government balloon Viii
de Paris, is of the same opinion. NJ. Le-
baudy says that when he sold the Patrie
To the Government he had not sold the
plans, which are patented. 10 that every one
can consult the documents which give
the fullest details. Count de Ia Vaulx
disbelieves in any secret. He says that
other nations could build Patries but are
not doing 40 because they think they can
construct better dirigibles.