Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-12

Of tissue is in direct proportion to its
temperature, the warmer the part, the
more intense the action of the rays
arG vice versa" E.... ...
There it is in nutshell-fried liver
is more transparent than raw. De
Heating Hart has scheme to chill the
SKIN. while he is using thermoradto-
terapy and transportation inside.
He uses layers OF galze, leather, alu-
minum, water and cracked ice and
constantly fans all these strata at once.
In that way, as he points out, he can
prevent the burning of the skin while
giving thermoradiotherapy even
though the treatments are frequent
and the dose massive"
Men Hatch Snakes To SwindIe Rookie
teller.
NEW YORK, September 21.-John
D, Rockefeller has been swindled.
when Rockefeller secured his 5000
acre estate at Pocantico Hills he
found 1t infested by thousands OF
snakes. John ID. is as afraid OF a
snake as he is of process-server. Ac-
co-dingly, he had his superintendent
post notice that he would pay
twenty-five cents for every snake skin
brought in.
The workmen saw chance for
easy money and great was the death
rate of snakes. Some made money SO
fast they were threatened by Black
Hand agents. ~. +
No one knows how many thousand
snakes paid the penalty for trespass-
ing. The disappointment was keen
when the workmen were unable TO
find single snake. 1t was hard to
lose the income of former years. So
enc bright man sugges ted a hatchery.
Then business began to pick up.
Superintendent Briggs was puzzled,
as there were no reptiles left on the
estate. He set trap, and discovered
the employees were raising snakes to
sell The guilty ones were discharged
and men will be employed to do notn-
ing but kill snakes. i
Too Bashful For Shipload OF Girls.
NEW YORK, September 2I--Tne
prospects of ten days association with
shipload of girls held no attraction
for Francois Andre Genereaux, a Can
adian merchant, of st. Agathe des
Monts Quebec, who had booked Pas
sage on the rabre liner SAINT Anna. es
Z On the same steamer were booked
eight of the prettiest girls from Ben
nett's High School. of Milbrook, N. T.,
who. accompanied by their chaperone,
Mrs Clementina r. Sherwood, plan
NED to make an educational tour OF
Southern Europe. Seven other young
ladies' whose charm and grace are I'M
questioned, were the only other pas
sengers.
when the clerks in the Fabre Line
Office found that the, Canadian would
he the only man aboard the ship OF
beauty they grew envious and wished
they had postponed their own yaca-
items until this trip of the SAINT Anna.
Genereaux happened to drop into the
Office to get his ticket, but the clerks
were Jealous and told him nothing
about his fellow passengers he would
have.
It remained for the Canadian him.
self to discover the fact when he got
aboard the SAINT Anna and scanned
the passenger list.
with blushing cheeks he rushed
ashore and found R.. H. Murray, the
! Gssenger manager.
Give me back my money; heres
tie ticket; it's impossible for me to
sail on this ship" stammered Gene
lreaux. Il could never last ten days
with so many girls. | am so bashful
I would commit suicide"
1t required some time for Murray
tc realize that he was talking TO q
man who refused to make a voyage
on, ship that happened to be loaded
| with beautiful girls, but when he
found that nothing would alter Gene
| reauX's determination he arranged tC
transfer him to Rochambeau, that sail
Ell for Havre.
Not until he had his new ticket did
, the Canadian recover his composure
and then he refused to go on the
steamer again. Instead he sent por
tel for his suit case and kept well Out
Of view until taxi arrived.