The chronicle=news., 1913-03-08

opportunity. IL II expected Inat he
will hand over the reins to some
younger man.
Paris. March S.-Referring TO the
tragic end OF Capt. Robert +. Scott
on his recent voyage To the Sou.h
Pole. NJ. Schradcr. the cmin.n,
French geo ;ra anhcr. expresses tn.
opinion that the death OF III. En-.
glish explorer Is the last act In the
drama OF the Polar oPint obsession.
which has causei the loss OF 20 many
lives. The discoveries OF Peary.
Amundscn aud Scott have AT last re-
moved the imperative desire OF sell
cntists 10 find the Poles, N. Schrader
declares. and leave the way clear for
n considerable and important task.
the results of which Will be far
reaching. This consists In establish
Ing u chain OF circumpolar obscrra-
tions. vast system OF scientific
"monas,crics." international In char
act.r.
The atmospheric aud marine eur
rents which circulate. winter and
summer alike. round the pole pcrpct-
ualiy mix water and air. The cold
waters descend toward the south.
carrying quantities Of lee. and are
continually replaced by masses OF
warmer water which come from the
Atlantic. Above these Ice fields.
F., fiua ting toward the south. hovcrs n
layer o! cold air ever falling on to
the frozen mass beneath. rs RNheavy
syrup drops aud remains ut the bot
,om Of xlsss Of water. In their
turn the sea brceses push and stir up
this mass Of cold air. lift II from Its
Icy bed. and scnl II TO cool America
and Europe.
| These cold masses OF air. as soon rs
they come IL contact with the tcpid
atmosphcic OF the Atlantic. condcnsc
the moisture. precipitate rain. and
threw tcmpcsts. Thus. by developing
an accurate knowledge OF the courses
Of the Ice fields. bv following them
In their southwark course and OBJ
serving tho phenomena Of their slow
fusion In the middle OF the Atlantic.
IL would he possible to fortcll. to a
great extent. the force OF he winds.
the alienation aud character Of the
seasons. and the likelihood OF drought I
Tor wet. Warning against atmosphcr-
!c dangers could be given. and there
would he ample time to adopt such
precautions as circumstances dic,at-
led.
Mrs. " X Vanderbilt. Otto II.
Kahn. J. p. Morgan. James II. hyde
and James Stillman are some Of the
Americans who have Joined Monsieur
Gabriel Astruc In building the Thea
tire Champs Elysee. the most beauti-
ful playhouse'in Paris. These are all
shareholders In the enterprise. as are
"a good many other persons we'll
known in England. F'fancc and Ger
many. The committee of patrons in
cludes the Queen OF the Bel2ians. the
Prince Of Monaco. the Grand Ouch
ess Vla,limir. the Duchess OF Genoa.
the Crown Princess OF Roumania.
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria.
1.-THE Duchess OF Portland and the
Duchess OF Rutland
The theatre which will be opened
/ April ., will be devoted to the whole
range OF musica! and dramatic art
and classic and modern operas. The
building will contain two auditor
Iiums. one seating 1000 and the 9TH
cr 600 people.
That energetic organization known
as the "Oid Paris Committee whose
mission It is 40 preserve as much as
possible Of the antiquities OF the city
and It's beauties. has taken un the
t0uestion of obtrusive illuminated and
other xdvcrttNng devices which dis
4 figure SO many buildings in this city.
They have concluded that stems
: should now he taken to prohibit busi-
ncsS houses In such ccnters OF inter-
J est as tn" Place Vcndonc and the
Champs Elysecs Fl Sm placing pcrpen-
\ dicular signs on thcir establishments
rhc committee condemns luminous
I. signs In every form. IN effort is al
So tn be made toward abolisling the
, display Of goods outside store prcmis-
les.
Tile attention Of Prince Nicolas ot
Gre"cc. Military Governor of Saloni-
la, having btcn drawn to n passage
+. IN Ink of Pierre toti's In which
the author SAYS that Officers ~ the
French warslltp Bruix could tostitv :.
e having seen Greek aud Servian sol
diers kouxe out the eyes OF Turkisl,
prisoners. the Prince sent his cliiet
staff officer. Major Vlachopouin. nu
board the BruiX with copy of the