Rock Island Argus., 1913-10-27

the important deduction that they are
the same thing
A rival to the tango has found its
way to Paris. 1t is called the Crawl
ing Dance" It's future is difficult to
predict, for owing to the nature of
the new step, particular blouse, bon
net and gloves are prescribed After
several bars of Walking, the two dan
GERS release their hold and lie down
gracefully at full length. Then, keep
ing time to the music, they slowly
raise themselves to join each other and
waltz agian. Enthusiasts for the new
dance affirm that it will be the dance
of the coming Partisan season.
A new and terrible engine of de-
struction whose function in the air
will be the same as that of torpedo
at sea. has been designed by Captain
Reboul of the military general staff in
Paris.
Captain Reboul's experiments. with
his aerial torpedo made comparative
" little progress until the recent dis
covery of a stabilizing device for aero
planes by the French inventor. Mo-
reau. Moreau was able. by means of
his invention. to fly in strong wind
for over half an hour without touching
his hands 10 the levers of his machine,
only using his feet on the pedals for
steering purposes. .Captaiiz Reboul has
applied Moreau's stabilizer to'his own
invention and is able TO tforesee the
time when a fleet Of winged torpedoes
controlled by wireless telegcaphy may
be launched against the enemy,s air
fleet Immediately on it's appearance.
It is not impossible to believe that
in the warefare of the future dirlgible
balloons and aeroplanes will go into
the aid accompanied by, a fleet of pro-
tecting satellites. Under control of
the airmen these torpedoes will act
as escort to the principal ship. and
then be launched against the enemy.
The short but important railway tul-
mel through Mount dor, near Vallorbe,
on the Swiss frontier, VAS opened re
Gently. 1t is 4,77O;feet long and short
ems the railroad route, from Paris tc
Lausanne by about three hours. The
tunnel has been, building for three
years and not a workman has been
killed or injured. ~
The Swiss Society of Public Utility
I for Women. which has branches in all
/ important Swiss cities and towns, has
begun a campaign to require young
women before marriage to be medi
cally examined with their own and
their parents consent. so as to estab
! lish whether they are fit subjects fol
marriage" The society viii issue Ger
| tificates to young women whom they
think are qualified to be brides. The
endeavor will be to ultimately per
suade the Cantonal legislatures to pass
laws making such certificates com
pulsory. .
London, England Apart from th'
country houses burned in recen
months by the incendiary brigade o
the suffragets, England has of late
suffered some other serious losses il
the destruction by fire of well KNOW
country mansions.
A number of county landmarks havt
gone, the latest being WaIdershar'
Park mansion, the country seat o
Earl Guilford, situated a few mile
out of Dover In most cases defeC
tive electric wiring mas. been the csus
of the fires. so that the loss can b
put down TO the demand for moderi
comforts in country homes.
W'aldershare park was the residenc
of Lord North George HIS minister
to whose obstinaey England owed tn
. loss of the American colonies. n
succeeded his father as Earl GIiiforC
: and the present. earl isca direct d.
, scendant of his For centuries pas
. the occupants of country mansion
E like Waldershare park have had {
( be satisfied with the light of candle
or in some few cases gas. but wit
the advent OF electric light and th
: extension of the systems to the coul
: try there has been a steady denan
, for this modern form OF lighting an
! with ii greater number of fires. /
, the case Of the EaFI OF Guilrords res
? dence the wiring for the electric ligh
: ing was only Just being installed {