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!. Pafis. oct. 16.-Ths faisous Ctffcl
Tower d RAsis. the highest steei
structure OF it, kind In /, the world.
was about to bc torn down several
years ago on account OF its uselcsn-
ness. Today Il II regarded as one Of
Frances most valuable possssslons.
The French capital. because Of the
Eiffel Towcr. has bscons The wire
lesa centre Of the world.
Underneath tho Champ dc Mars.
in which. the tower stands. a vast
subterrancan wireless plant has been
constructed. " pfsssAes 10 scarcely
suspected BY the passee-by. for It's
only entrance IL little more than a
trap-door In the ground. partly con.
'eesled By . eiump OF trees. m:
should he attempt to approach too
neav the little iron staircase leadinx
underground. hc will find his way
barred by soldiers.
Below ground. amid maze OF pas-
sasea. kiGantic machines and con.
tinnal crackiinR and flashing OF wire
lees, q corps OF military engineer.
and electrical expafts are working
day and night to perfect Instruments
ON tho accuracy Of whose messagcs
In wartime may depend frances vic.
tory or defeat. and on which also
will reneni the adequate co-orera-
tion Of the allied army Of Russia. II
was In his laboratory here that Prof.
Henri Abraham. Of the osrbonne.
talked today Of what his work n q
member Of the French Wireless Mis-.
sion sent by the government to
Washington will he. Professor Abra-
ham will not Join his colleagues IN
III intc In ctobes.
During our work At Ariinxton
last spring." said he. "wc suecced.i
In cooperation with our American
associates II establishiaK tho reaa.
tive time Of washinston and Paris
within the tenth of . second. Since
then we have been ahic to improve
xrcauy tho receiving and recording
wireless mesaaGcs. We expect now
70 establish tho time Of Waahinston
10 within the hundredth Of second.
and ~ part Of this result the iosEi.
tude OF wsshiaktna as related 70
Paris. France Will later ,cud mis-
sIons to the other principal nations
with the object Of establishing sim
liar accuracy in the relative times-
Once this work Ii accomplished. the
world will receive time signals from
the eiffei Tower and will b. able 70
register them to within tho hun.
drsdth Of . sacoad.
.:TAis ebert for aeeusaey 70 With.
In tho huadredth of . second has re-
quired tremeadoaa Improvement In
tho wireless sppassius aad a great
advance In cioek-makiaE. Two Of tho
most impor,aat pieces Of the equip
meat which wc shalt take To Amer.
lea will be chroaomcters of such ex-
IRENE precisiou that ssscf beins set
before isaviax France they arc rel'eA
upon not 10 vary appecciably during
tho whole OF our time IL America.
I'VE shall use photography 10 reg
|islcfins t:iffei Tower signals for fix.
lag the exact longitude Of waahisE-
ton. wo arrive eastiy at ~ accuracy
|of = huadrcd,h part of secosd By
means Of limb revolving st 4 fixed
rate Of sped. and . iumisous spot
influenced by tho wireless mcesaxra.
In rcGistcrink tho speed Of radio
waves I have succeeded In divSd'ae
the second into 10000 parts. Exper-
ieacca - far On tho speed Of Wireless
waves tend TO show that they travel
at the same speed a. light. from,
which We make tho important deduc.
eson that they arc the same thing"
A rival TO tho tango has found It's
way TO Paris. Il IL called the
"Crawiing Dance" It's future Il dif.
ficuit to predict. for owing " the
nature Of tho new step. a particular
hlousc. boaact and SloveS arc pre-.
scribcd. After several bars Of waltz.
Ing. the two dancers release their
hold and lie down gracefully at full
length. Thea. keeping time 10 the
music. thcS slowly raise themselves
to Join each other and waltz again.
Enthusiasts for the now dance al.
firm that II will bc the dance of the
coming Parisian season.
\ ncw and terrible engine Of de-
structioa whosc function In the air
- IN hr ehn ~ ma A. that NJ n sne en,dn