Evening star., 1921-04-26
HUGE CROWDSHEAR.
DIR. E|NSTE|N SPEAK
Scientist, Speaking in Ger
man, Greeted Cordially
Before Academy.

Prof. Albert Einstein. eminent
scientist. whose theory of relativity
\ Won him recognition throughout the
| world, received an enthusiastic well
| come when he visited the annual
meeting of the National Academy of
Sciences here today for g few min
utes.
Or. Einstein congratulated the mem
bers of the academy on the achieve
ments OF American scientists and ex-
pressed pleasure that scientific men
throushout the world were working
! together in harmony for the benefit
OF mankind. He spoke in German and
theory.
| He was introduced by DIR. Charles
-. walcott. president of the National
Academy of Sciences and secretary
OF the Smithsonian Institution. DR.
| w alcot in his Introductory speech
praised the profound principles" that
! nave been enunciated by DIR. Einstein
ana said he was pleased to welcome
him before the academy to explain his
| theor RELATIVELY.
Boyish In Appearance.
DR.. Einstein. Notwithstanding the
roiundlty of his mental attributes
looks more like a big boy than any
| eotenporary scientist. OF middle
1 1''e'iA' dpptdEdnCeN OF DOytShneSS
| Is emphasized by a pair>of mild brown
| eyes that look out from behind heavy
| spectacleS. He wore today the con-
ventlonal frock coat and AS he spoke.
leaned on the speakers table, fire.
auently putting the tips of,his fingers
| together.
Cooking by Suns Rayx.
| Practical cooking with heat from the
| rays OF the sun is quite possible at
| comparatively small expense in
climates where the suns rays are
| strong and nearly constant during the
oay, Dr. c. G. Abbott. home secretary
| OF the academy, explained in a paper
| fead before the academy. DR.. Abbott
exhibited tangible proof of the possi-
bliity of cooking by utilizing the rays
or the sun in the shape of a lar of
fruit, which. he said Mrs. Abbott had
cooked on Mount Wilson by using the
sun-ray machine which he built for
| that purpose.
| A new solution Of linear problems
py algebraic methods was explained by
L. E. Dickson
The elephant. which next to man. is
has produced. had its beginning in the
land OF the Nile, DIR. Henry Fairfield
osborn, head of the American Museum
or Natural History of New York, said
IN an address this afternoon. Earliest
ancestors or the elephant known at
| round as fossil skeletons in an ancient
Fver bed in Egypt. about one hundred
miles south of Cairo. The earliest an
cestors of the true elephant group are
s.iI! unknown, DR.. Osborn said. adding
mat thelr original home may have
oeen in the regions of central and
northern Asia still unexplored by the
paleontologist.
Crowd Greets Prince of Monaco.
diplomatic, official and scientific
washington turned out last night to
sieet Albert I, Prince of Monaco. in
ms nrst public appearance in many
years In this country. Prince Albert.
VINO Is well known to American
scientists for his work as the worlds
leaolns oceanographer and founder
OF Two oceanographic research insti-
tutions, addressed the National Acad-
emy OF Sciences at the New National
Museum. The lecture followed an
audience the prince had with Presi-
cent Harding yesterday afternoon.
arter which President Harding called
| on the reigning monarch of the little
| prlncipality at his hotel.
| oceanographic research work has
| oeen stopped for eight years by the
war. Prince Albert said during his
address. in which he criticised Ger
many for precipitating the world
| conflict
Describes Phases of Work.
He told of several phases of his
oceanographic work, in the course of
1 which enumeration. he said he found
that the fish which live at great
| depths during the day frequently
csme near to the surface of the wa
| ter at night and are quite easily TAX
en- in nets. Some of his expeditions,
he said, have taken him as far north
as Spitzenberg. and into the tropical
regions, and he has explored the bot
tom OF the sea as far down as 1000
meters.
In his work. he said. he had found
| minute organisms SO small that
100000 were found in the stomach
of a sardine. Life in the ocean is
said. that he believes the ocean to
be the cradle of all life. adding that
land animals are capable of expan-
sion in only one plane, while the
animals which live in the ocean can
expand indefinitely.
Speaks Of Inventions.
| The prince described the invention
which. he said, contribute greatly
to the amassed sum of human knowl-
| edge regarding the fauna which live
in the ocean. He spoke also Of his
| experiments with wind velocity, but
did not refer to his research work
in human paleontology to which DR..
Charles d. Walcott, president of the
academy, referred in his Introductory
| speech
Following his address, the prince
received in the galleries of the mu-
scum. In the receiving line We're
many persons high in diplomatic and
scientific life in Washington. among
them DIR. Alexander Graham Bell.
| The Alexander AgasSiZ medal for
1919 will be presented to the prince
at a banquet at the Hotel fowhatan
tonight.
Puzzles President Harding.
The theory of relativity of matter,
eypounded by DR.. Albert Einstein,
famous German scientist, has puzzled
President Harding. who admits he
fails to grasp the relatively problem.
DR.. Einstein. who spoke before the
academy today, called on the Presi-
| dent yesterday with a delegation
from the National Academy of Sci
euces AS the group posed before
| camera the President told DR.. Elm
stein that he failed to understand
his theory