The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-27
revolving shed Of even 900 feet long on

revolving shed Of sven 300 feet long or
land, .., ...,...
The latest suggestion In to build sheds
to doat In artificial circular basins. which
II 10 believed would be cheaper than te
construct circular land sheds. From the
dIscassions now going on in the engineer
ing journals II 10 plain that tho mode
s'-sasD shed has yet to b invented.
Danish sailormen are going to be the
bost fed In the world. thanks to the United
Shipowners Associations. which about q
year ago turned an old Greenland whaler
into q sohoolship for ships cooks. This
whaIer. the Constance, Is lying In the
Holmsn' Canal, opposite the Bourse and
near the busy Hj5bro Square. Twenty
apprentices have undergone a thorough
CULINARY training. and expenses are more
than covered by serving the food to the
public at popular prices.
There 10 no pleasanter or more original
eating place In Copenhagen to-day than
the Constance. where in hne weather
meals are served under q sun awning
ON deck or else In the spotlessly clean
cabin. One a get a very good luncheon
thsre for q quarter Of q dollar and cold
dishes range from 10 cents up.
France does not propose to be left
behind by Germany in the matter Of pas
ssneer airship lines. and a company has
been formed TO run diriRibles between
Paris and certain French towns. The
concern ia called the Transaerial Com
pany.
Five balloons are to he constructed, the
hrst Of which, named after the city Of
Nancy. will DO ready In q few days. and 1t
IL hoped that the four others will be COM
pleted by the end Of the year. The
length Of the Vile de Nancy lie sixty
meters and its speed Is set down at 50
kilomsters an hour. 1t carries eight pas
ssngers and can remain in the air for ten
hours.
The two next balloons will double the
size OF tho vile de Nancy. 1t is est-
mated that they will each carry fifteen
passengers. The fourth airship will carry
ten passengers and will be able to travel
Is kilometers an hour.
This air feet will be employed on four
different services. The first win be from
Paris to Nancy by way OF Meaux and
Reims. The southeastern line will CON
nect Paris with Fontainebleau and will
ultimately be extended to Lyons.
The south~ estern balloon service will
be directed toward Pau. passing by way
Of Orleans, Tours and Bordeaux. The
western line will unite Paris and Rouen,
with a stopping place at S%atrouville.
At Lee. q distant suburb Of London, q
military enosmpment has just broken up
the like Of which the world has surely
never seen before. Its inhabitants were
q detachment Of the Nursing Yeomanry,
. corps Of women whose duty in war time
h to follow the fighting line and succor
the wounded.
The affair was no picnic. but a serious
effort on the part Of the women to inure
themselves TO conditions which might
atise during actual warfare. Everything
was done In grim ~earneetness. They
groomed their Owl horses. did sentry
duty at night. slept in tents and worked
FROM ~reveille TO lights out with their am
bulance wagon and stretchers rescuing
and treating imaginary wounded men,
A notice in large letters informed the
members OF the corps that no talking
is allow cd in the tents after lights out"
and the women. it Ia said. took their
work 40 seriously that this rule was
obeyed-within reason.
An officer on one OF the Saint Line
steamers. writing to the Liverpool journal
OF Commerce, makes the following state
ment:
while at C~onstantinople on April 80
tive divers went down in the Bosporus
for sorno purpose. and they reported that
the bottom was covered with skeletons.
One OF the divers died from the effects
OF going down, and the other went mad.
A yacht anchored in this place a little
while ago, and when the crew hove up
the anchor there were two dead bodies
hooked in 1t shackled together
Signor Mascagni has written his auto
which will be published shortly
In a book containing the lives Of illustrious
modern Italians.
He relates that once he obtained en-
ployment as q substitute leader OF orches-
ira in an operetta company for Ave francs
@ day, which was not paid regularly.
While leading -Satenello' at Naples a
song vas encored. but he refused to have
repeated. The audience shouted and
still Mascagni refused to repeat
the q Suddenly he was struck in
the back by a heavy object and thrown OF
his chair.
1T was a cushion hurled from the gal
Mascagni says. Il Immediately
repeated the song and have never refused
an encore since
When Masoagni was p1or ha ate only
a plate Of macaroni every day. In 1888
while he was at Cerignola, bandmaster
Of the municipal band and giving piano
ne composed 'Cavalleria.' won
the Sonxogno prize and became rioh and
The Dowager Queen Margherita OF
italy has suf1ciently recovered from her
recent illness to be allowed to leave her
bed. but she Is compelled to stay In her
-oom. She 10 very weak and has aged a
great deal. Naturally she had to abandon
Ter projected trip to China and Japan,
N which she had set her heart.
Ali preparations for the trip had been
completed, the itinerary fixed, and three
automobiles, besides those she already has,
lad been purchased to convey her and her
ute through Asia. One OF the new auto.