The broad ax., 1920-07-03
Hair For the Bald.

Hair For the Bald.
A French surgeon OF the Pasteur
Institute claims TO have discovered a
process by which he Can graft hair
TO the scalp and so make the heads OF
the bald 10 blossom like the Seven
Sutherland Sisters. He declares that
he has already positively and perma-
nently cured six bachelors Of badness
through a slight surgical operation
which is painless and leaves no III ef-
fects.
An Apt Illustration.
The teacher was quoting wise saws
to the class and getting their opinion
about them. She said: "a discreet
silence is better than the truth spOk-
en- without charity. Can any boy give
a practical Interpretation OF that max
im?" Somewhat TO her CONSERVATION,
a freckle-faced lad made this hOmely
application: IF you see a cockroach
on the table. don't say anything about
it."-From the Outlook.
How to Test Set Diamond.
A set diamond may be tested by
placing wax on its back. The luster
OF n true gem will not be affected by
this operation. while the spurious bril-
liancy Of paste limitations will be to-
tally destroyed by II.
Italian "city Of Crime"
The only town in the world which
can boast Of possessing more criminals
than law-ahiding folk is the Italian
city OF Artena. which IS known rs the
City Of Crime. For several hundred
years nearly every criminal who has
escaped prison or done time in Italy
has emigrated to Artena. and today
practically every inhabitant OF the
place Is a criminal or the child Of q
criminal.
Added Percentages.
A so per cent increase for an article
that costs 81 would make II cost S1.50.
But for the article that has doubled
in price the new price is 200 per cent
Of the old.
Don't Be Too Curious.
A perSsn who is too nice an observer
Of the business Of the crowd, like one
who is too curious in observing the
labor OF the bees, will often be stung
for his curiOsIty.-Pope.
PRESERVING SpIder Webs.
Naturalists employ an Ingenious
method In order TO preserve the web
Of the spider. The webs are first
sprayed with n thin solution OF artists
shellac and then. II OF the ordinary
geOmetric form, they are pressed care
fully against a glass plate, the sup
porting threads Of the web being sew
cred. After the shellac solution has
dried the plates carrying the webs are
stored in a cabinet for later use In
scientific work.
Counting Has Limit in China.
Ten thousand is the largest number
In the Chinese language. Therefore
all large sums must be stated I'm null
tiples of this figure-the population Of
the country is four times 10000 times
10000. or 400 milliOn.-Asia Magazine.
No Chances at All for Joy.
Junior had spent several weeks one
summer visiting a fayOrite aunt who
lived in the suburbs, and he was rem
iniscent Of those happy weeks when
he again paid her a visit. However,
she had moved, and now lives in q
fiat. When Junior came home he
voiced his grievance to his father,
saying: There wasn't no room to
move around in; why. they didn't even
have any kids in that building to
fight with"
His Idea Of Trains Action.
There Is a story Of a Suffolk eng
land) yOkel who. having lived some
distance from a railway station, and
being content with the society around
him. had never had need Of a train,
and. being brought into contact with a
stood watching this new Won
der not far from q tunnel. His de-
scriptiOn Of It afterward was that q
train was more or less like a rabbit
''he ran up to the hole. let on an awful
and bOlted into It."
The Modern Mrs. Malaprop.
A Washington newspaper CORE
spOndent tells of a Mrs. MalaprOp who
once amused the capital with her mis-
takes. She went around asking peO-
pie to sign n red robin" (meanIng a
round rObin); spoke Of her trip
through the VALLEY OF GethSemane"
when she meant the Yosemite: and
said. "Tve been in the mountains. and,
do you know. jumped from rock to
rock just like a shamrock From the
Outlook.
New Use for AirpIane Engine.
A London factory owner believes
himself the first to use an airplane en-
CINE rs an ordinary power unit Only
/ small part Of the rated horse power