Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-17
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III d recent lllSfV1oW Solr EluWln Lut- Nen. the famous architect who designed tl-> Whitehall Cenotaph, tells an anus ing story of a man who paid a week end visit to futurist artist Of course terpieces which had been painted by his host and whict adorned the various rooms.
 Being stout fellow. he carried on.' and a the conclusion of his visit was asked which he considered the most remarkable.
 T think he replied, "I prefer the picture of your wife in the bathroom" My wife." gasped the artist. That's a plan of the drains"
 The American aviator who took a Curtis Wasp 34.6I0 feet above the 'eartn's surface last Thursday. easily broke all previous aeroplane altitude records, and came almost within 1000 feet Of the free balloon record of Messrs- CoxweH and Glaisher, which has stood unchallenged since 1882. That his engine stopped is not re- markable. for the atmospheric pressurs at that altitude Is barely a fourth of what 1t is at sea level, and an internal combustion engine depends very large ly on the pressure Of the air for it's output of energy.
 The temperatures experienced at the maximum height-43 degrees below ze- TO F.-is ill fair agreement with the theoretical estimate. based on ascents of balloons sondes. that at this time proximately one degree Centigrade for every 1e0 feet above sea level Now that the wings of the Bulgarian eagle have been effectively clipped, it will be interesting to see whether the Greeks will rebuilt the frontier town of Doksat, few miles to the north of kaYalla. Before the Bnlgars sacked and burned it early in 1913 it was 3 they were driven out by the advanc- ing Creeks they left only a few black ened walls. with the bodies of the mur- aered inhabitants lying amongst them
 since then new town has sprung up round these remains. which have been pIrposelys left in exactly the same state for nearly seven years, .as d re- hinder of what Bulgsa ian warfare means; just it has been suggested that Ypres should remain in it's present wrecked condition a memorial to German nl1itariSm.
 Opinions may differ as to which is the ugliest church in London, but there can be no doubt as to which is tha smallest This distinction belongs to St Tthelburgh's Bishopgate, which is only 54 feet long and less than 80 feet wide. It still retains some Early Eng fish masonry. and must be nearly the oldest building in the city. for it is mentioned early as the year 1866.
 Only seven other city churches date from before the Great Fire, which de- stroyed or severely damaged eighty
 
 spared twenty-one; but several became so dilapidated that they were eventu- ally pulled down. Those still stand ing besides St. Ethelburga's are All Hallows Barking; St. Andrew Under shaft; St Bartholomew the Great; St Giles, Cripplegate; St Helen Bishop- gate; St. Katherine Cree; and St. Olaye. Hartstreet.
 Mime. TetrazzirPs invitation to Mime. Patti to ks present at her concert re- calls an incident of some years A go
 Mrs. Patti consented to. come from her retirement and sing for charity at the Mansion House. Mime Tetrax- Zlnl had never heard the great singer so asked if she might be present. She came, unknown to the audience, and sought out Mime. Patti after her first song. The meeting was quite pathetic the new generation saluting reyer- ently and enthusiastically the singer of a genera tion ago.
 Sir Charles Eliot, who goes from Si- beria to Japan and will become our Ambassador at Tokyo. should, perhaps for he is a typical specimen of those
 mandarins" whom Mr. H. G: Wells constantly denounces for their (sup- posedl ineficiency. That is to say. ucated at Oxford University. where he achieved the highest academic distinc- ton.
 However, Sir Charles halls from Ball. iol. which has produced remarkable number of diplomats and eoyernuAnt officials. but which some consider the least characteristic college in Oxford owing to the large proportion of elder ateS. -
 Apparently the "Essex half -b,aeks pig has at last made good" after long neglect, though his merits have been
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