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The New York herald., 1921-04-17
AUSTRIAN PLANS
| BIRD[lKE PLANES
T0BE BUILT HERE
Inventor Says Pulsating
Wing Will Reyolutionize
Aerial Flights.
EXPERIMENTS A SUCCESS
American Syndicate Said to
Be Back Of New Idea That
Initiates Nature.
EXPERIMENTS A SUCCESS

Special Gable TO TIM NEW YORK fraALp.
Copyright, 1921. by The NEw YORK HErALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, April 10.
AS the result of an offer from an
American syndicate Prof. Raimund
Nimfuhr. the Austrian scientist, is re-
ported to be planning visit to the
United States accompanied by his as
sistant engineer, Herr Gazda, to su-
perintend the construction Of flying
machines with wings, using the prin-
ciple Of bird fight for propelling
force. The new machine has no pro-
pellers.
Prof. Nimfuhr has Joined tho dircc-
torate of the Nimfuhrshe Segelfiug Synd-
kate Of Holland, and Herr Schwengler,
chief Of the Zeppelin works, and Herr
Skopik, head of the designing staff OF
the Fosker works, believe he Is on the
right track to revolutionize the whole
present conception of mechanical flying.
The pulsating wing. as he calls it
promises to make aerial transportation
cheaper than by rail or water
Prof. Nimfuhr's theory Is based on the
propulsive methods used by birds anu
insects. in comparison with which air.
planes with fixed wings and engine
driven blade propellers are vastly IN
ferior. He believes that If he could take
bird and increase 1t in size until IT
is as big as a medium size plane 1t
would not exert a greater propelling
force than ten horsepower.
His principle in building his machines
Is to initiate as far as possible the meth
DDS of nature. His wing relies on an ex-
traordinarily rapid vibration or stroke
action upon the cushion Of compressed
air which in flights is formed beneath
the sustaining plane. The actual wing
will be hollow, with a flexible membrane
on the under side. BY a pneumatic mech
anism this membrane Is set to yibrat-
ing or pulsating with such rapidity that
waves of atmospheric pressure Will be
generated, which, he says, will not Only
sustain but propel the machine.
There Is also a mechanism by which
the extrenities of the wings can be ex-
tended or contracted by pneuma,.o 49,.
ton the same as the stretching and fold
ing of the wings OF bird. Another feat
ure Is pneumatic stabilizer, by which
any disturbance of balance will set
levers in motion which, by controlling
small motors, viii counteract any ten
denoy to lost equilibrium.
Pulsating wings on large scale have
already been built and tested and have
proved satisfactory, according to Prof.
Nimfuhr. He foresees the day when
transocean craft of this design will
carry several hundred passengers and
will be so economical in the use of power
that passengers could be carried between
Europe and America cheaper than by
boat
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
GIRLS ARE WARNED
AGAINST INDUCING
IN HARD EXERCISE
London Teacher Says Vic
tins of RuinoJls Craze
Will Pay Later.
HEART SHARES IN WRECK
Muscular and Bony Formation
Cannot Withstand Physi-
cal Stress.
HEART SHARES IN WRECK

Special Gable TO TIE New York HEKALs.
Copyright, 1891, bv TKE NEW York HxauD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, April 1s.
Strenuous exercises suitable for boys
are not suitable for girls, according TO
Miss Jane Cowdroy, principal OF the
Crouch End College. who has just
issued a warning against tho absurd
and ruinous craze" on the part of
modern English girls TO play boys
games. She said that III this she was
making full allowance for the advan-
tages Of the reaction against the tight
laced, swooning girls of generation
ago, but she added that the reaction
had gone too far.
The spectacle OF girls fourteen or
fifteen years old tumbling about
hockey field is exceedingly unpleasant
and, IL one happens TO know anything
about physiology. II Is extremely dis
tressing,'' Miss Cowdroy said Girls
who do this may think they are doing
themselves good, but many OF them
will pay heavy bill OF costs later. and
their spoiled tempers will not conduce to
tho happiness OF persons with whom
they live. We will come nearer TO an
understanding Of their position II we
realize that tho organs OF our bodies
all inclose nervous connections and dis
turbances, whether mechanical or in
hammatory, in one organ quickly set UP
secondary disturbances in others.
Man. In virtue Of his muscular and
bony formation, ls capable OF withstand
ing q great deal of physical stress with
out a disturbance OF his organic relation
ship. but woman Is rot so capable. In
consequence. strenuous exercises are apt
10 displace her organs and to set W
what are known as reflex symptoms.
MANY OF these arc referred to as
heart trouble, and then It is stated that
girls have strained that organ. an en-
tlrely wrong impression being conveyed
since in the public view man is just
as likely to strain his heart as is a
woman. indeed. the hearts of these girls
are not strained. What has happened
Is that other OF their organs have beer
displaced or dragged about, and the
balance Of their visceral nervous systems
have been upset. Their hearts merely
share in the general catastrophe"
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
TRENCH OF BAYONETS'
MONUMENT is DECRIED
French Deputy Calls It Nonsensical Affection
Fakers Who Guide Tourists on Battlefelds Also
Are Attacked by Statesman.

enormous protection OF reinforced con-
crete"
M. Fabry likewise protests against
the proposal to erect q memorial ossu-
airy at Thiaumont and pleads merely
for the retention Of tho army hut now
in use there, where beribboned vet
eran OF the world war solemnly guards
hundreds Of compartments In the
ruined fort wherein repose the remains
Of his one time comrades in arms.
Already tourist guides are erecting
fantastical signboards purporting 10
have been left there by the Germans,
while in out of the way corners one
frequently finds the graves of German
generals" where-adding another five
francs to the guides fee-fervent pa
triots may gloat over the statement
that allied rifles here brought down
Hohenzollern leaders.
But when an official opened some
Of these graves, intending to send tho
remains buried there to Germany. he
discovered that the graves had been
dug since the armistice and in some
cases the general said to have been
buried there never lived.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Special Gable 20 THE Nyv YORK HrsAtD.
Copyright, 1891. oy THE NEW YORK HER1Lp.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, April 1s.
Despite Tho severe depression in the
picture business. duo to the unsettled
conditions. thero have been as many
private exhibitions as usual before the
opening OF the Royal Academy's summer
exhibition. The artists have marked
down their prices, but purchasers have
been few.
One dealer said that the sorry feature
OF the situation is that tho better con-
temporary canvsses have 70 compete
with occasional classics available from
the collections OF the new poor. and,
naturally. they are not purchased by per-
sons OF taste when classics are available,
while there r. more or lees Of a ready
market for fsshy trash among the new
rich.
Ono os tho exhibitions which has es-
capped this fate is that Of Gabriel Thomp-
con at Walkers Galleries. His work not
only represents mostly French scenes
but shows unmistakable influence Of the
French school. IL II OF this Influence that
British critics complain. They find that
Mr.. Thompson's work IL distinctly above
the average shown here. lie haze painted
French landscapes from Normandy 20
central France and perhaps the best
tribute 70 his work is that he has caught
tho characteristic phsees Of zach locality
from tho windy brilllance OF the north
coast through the dull sharpness OF the
Seine Valley, the indolent sunshine OF
the Orleans farm to the clarity Of a
street scene IN Aries
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Copyright, 1891, 6J lib NEW lORk iiEaALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, April I6.
Hugo SHINES. German steel and iron
king" does not intend TO conflne his
purchases to the German press. accord
ing to information reaching hero from
Austria and Spain. which says he is
buying up correlated industries In those
countries as he did in Germany when
no commenced his programme OF monop-
olies.
Negotiations are now pending between
SHINES and his associates for the pur-
chase of waterfall rights on the Emma
River. from which hydroelectric power
will be derived to operate pulp mills
using Austrian timber.
In Spain his agents are reported TO be
buying up paper mills as we'll as forests.
Meanwhile the Spanish press was said
TO have expressed TO the Government In
Madrid opposition to any movement
tending TO make them subservient 70
SHINES.
The French press also X providing
a field for foreign anglers. the latest de-
yelopment being a statement that the
Era NouvcIc, n morning Republican
newspaper is % be enlarged following z
change OF policy. which will be directed
BY a publicity agency which before the
war was recognized az Of German origin,
although the directorate has been altered
since the arrnistice to meet with the re-
ouirements OF the French lave.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Spccldl Gable 70 THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1871. by THE NEW YoRE HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, April Is.
A special Providence must be watch
ing over Paris in the interest OF the
thirst OF its people. simultaneously
with the news that the CO pItars drink
ing water reservoirs are threatened with
unprecedented depletion this summer
comes the assurance chat wines OF all
kinds will be more plentiful and cheaper
than since 1910. when bottle OF ordinary
red Bordeaux was obta!nablo for forty
centimes eight cents them. Neverthe-
less Paris officials are preparing for
filtration or the Seine water IL this sup
ply does not arrive. although the Seine
product, even when submitted to the
latest processes. invariably retains an
Objectionable taste and odor.
An old French adago suggests that
when IT thunders Il April il is time to
get the barrels ready for the wine crop.
II thundered twice during the first week
this month and promptly the retail
prices OF vim ordlnaire from Bordeaux
dropped as much as seventy-fiye CEN
times a l.tre. and IN Paris the majority
CT retailers are now ceiling fair quail
ity for less than franc litre.
On the other hand, this condition may
be taken as a warning By Germany. as
plentiful wine means that the cantecns
nt the soldiers will be filled to overflow
ing with their favorite pinard, which
was admittedly one OF the best methods
for main tainlng the solidarity and mo-
rale Of the French divisions during the
war.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

spscial Cable to THE NEW YoxK HERALD
Copyright, 1881, ~ THE NEW IoaK HEnlLD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, April I6.
Blondes arc disappearing from France,
but Il is not because Of the climate here,
as has been asserted by some American
beauty oxpcru Instead two reasons
are given. the chief OF which Is that sol
dlers who have returned here from Ger
man prison camps and the battle front
have brought back with them an uncon-
trollable aversion 10 the flaxen type Of
beauty. as q result OF which fair haired
and blue eyed demoiselles have discov-
cred that their matrimonial chances are
reduced considerably.
Another reason advanced is that In
stead of remaining faithful to the rice
powder and peach bloom wrinkle filters
OF the last century. fashion now calls for
compilations ranging between light cop
per bronze and red brown commonly as
ISOLATED with the American redskins.
and everybody knows that these shades
spelled the doom OF the blondes.
There is only one solution OF the prob
lein--frequent visits to the dye shops
and a tremendous decrease in peroxide
sales until oil traces Of blondness dis
appear.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
SMUGGLE GOLD FROM
AUSTRIA TO GERMANY
Three Engiishmen and Girl
Arrested at Frontier.

Special Gable 70 THr Nrw yosK HrnLD.
Copyright, 1877, ~ Tue NEW YoaK HEalLp.
VIENNA, April 16.--Daily smuggling
episodes are occurring aions the Austro-
German frontier, over which huge sunit
Of gold are passing into Germany. The
latest arrests include three Englishmer
and one English girl. one OF the men
giving the name Of William Gsrmais
and asserting that he Is correspondent
Of the Manchester Guardian. HIS lug
eage bore the official seals Of British
missions.
was Henry Rappard. lie pretended that
he was a Swiss Government messenger
lie was said to have carried et5 In gold
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Special Gable to TIE NEW yoaK KxRALD-
Copyright, 1881, -by TIN NEW YohK HmALp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, April 10.
The monument erected by the heirs
of George F. Rand Of Buffalo over the
so-called Trench of Bayonets" near
verdun is nothing more than non
sensical afflicton. declares Jean
Fabry, member Of the Chamber Of
Deputies. He has started o movement
against what he calls sacrilegious in
cursions on the old battle front around
Verdun. where hundreds of thousands
of bodies of fallen soldiers lie buried so
close together that it is impossible for
returning farmers TO plough a single
rod Of ground without turning over a
relic Of the great tragedy.
"Only one lonesome little rifle barrel
has escaped Mr.. Rand's heavy sar-
cophagus" M. Fabry says, 'but 1t is
more impressive by far than that i'm
possible Field OF Bayonets under an
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
SAYS SPOTS ON sun
ARE ALWAYS THERE
French Astronomer Tells Of
Discovery in Connection
With Recent Eclipse.
Sssos1I Cable 50 TUH NSw YORK HrlALp.
Copyright, fsff, By rE1 NEW YoxK HHHALD.
Tew Ysrk Herald BuFceu,
Paris. ApTil Is.

Copyt0at, I5El, oU AH1 NEW IokK hHnALD
Nsw Ysrk HERALD Bureeu,
Paris. April is.
French savznts made a lot Of discov-
cries last week. whom tho moon during
two hours eclipsed moro than three
fourths of the suns surface, the chief
discovery being that Of NJ. Moreux, an
astronomer at Bourges, who reported to
tho French Academy that sun spots
which heretofore have been considered
occasional phenomena are always exist
ent, but are observable to scientists Of
the world only under special atmos-
pheric conditions.
Another astronomer, NJ. Viollo, says
that the eclipse was accompanied by
definite changes In the electrical condi-
tions surrounding the earth, and he Is
working on extensive calculations which
are designed to show that there was
considerable potential diminutlon dur
ing the height OF the phenomenon, while
one OF his colleagues, NJ. Mascara, OF
the Lyons Observatory. Is working out
calculations in connection with the va
riations of light vibrations, which, It Is
believed. will be most useful to mathe-
maticians.
NJ Nordmann, o mathematician, who
gained fame during the war as a result
OF his calculation or the distance OF
enemy guns by recording the vibrations
following shell explosions, has now con-
centrated his attention on the mysterl-
GUS Betelgeusc, which, he says, he IL
confident has diameter 200 times
greater than that of the sun.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
German Travel DimcuIt.

BERLIN, April 16.-American tourists
who come to Germany this summer Will
and conditions of travel far less attrac-
tive than In pre-war times. In Ham
burg and Berlin hotel facilities are con-
Etantly overtaxed by business men and
even persons who have telegraphed days
IN advance for accommodations are
turned away by the first class hotels.
IL foreigners are assigned to rooms they
pay far moro than is charged to Ger
mans.
Conditions along the Rhine are not
especially inviting for tourists. The
larger places are overtaxed by the occu-
pying armies, and 1t Is almost impossible
for outsiders to get first class hotel ac-
commodations. Cologne, Coblenz and
Mayence are filled TO overfiowing by
British, American and French officers,
respectively. Most of the hotels are
under control of the military and cannot
be used by civilians unless they have
authorization from commanding officers.
Police registration Is very strict and
leave various areas.
In South Germany conditions are more
inviting to pleasure seekers. Dresden
and Munich are not so filed with bust
meas men and the better hotels are usu-
ally able to provide tourists with rooms
at rates much lower than In Berlin and
Hamburg
The passport problem Is annoying
ayen within Gernany's own boundaries.
For example, 1t is necessary for a
tourist going from Berlin to Bavaria to
have the visa of the Bavarian legation
In BA>lin. This precaution has been
taken Ny Bavaria TO prevent Red agf-
tators from invading their territory from
Berlin.
Bread cards are necessary to get
bread in dining cars and hotels. and
most of the bread served Is heavy and
black
In the smaller cities and villages the
tourists will find living conditions much
the same us they were before the var.
Americans motoring through Germany
or travelling on trains are courteously
treated. There Is no longer any disposi-
tion to resent the use of the English
language.
IT Is almost impossible under present
conditions for tourists TO travel on a
fixed schedule In Central Europe. espe-
cially II their trip necessitates the cross
Ing OF boundaries. Passport offices are
frequently crowded. Much time Is lost
In getting visas and trains have inter-
minable waits at customs stations.
Through trains are now operating be-
tween Paris and Warsaw, which makes
the rail trip to Poland and the Baltic
States far easier than Il has been since
the armistice. Trains will soon be run
from Berlin to Riga. Latvia. Barring
passport annoyances. travel is almost
normal between Berlin and Prague and
Berlin and Vienna. There are no fast
boat trains now between Berlin and
Hamburg and Berlin and Bremen, such
as existed before the war.
The great German steamship lines CO.
operating with American lines now op-
crate touring companies or their own
which are prepared to conduct parties
throughout Germany at fixed price.
including hotel accommodations, rail-
way fares. guides and carriages. The
rates are higher than before the war.
even taking the favorable American ex-
change into consideration.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Specidl Gable to THE NEW IoaK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, BIZ THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, April IL.
President Alexandra Millerand gave
the French public another taste OF his
Independent spirit this week when he
abandoned the tradition which compelled
the President OF France to open the
annual Salon Internationale des Beaux
Arts. In fact, President Millerand de-
cided that the high Office to which he was
elected must be raised to the dignity II
deserves that 1t must not be merely a
political sidetrack where men Of ability
can be shunted to keep them quiet
He insists on comforting not only with
the French Cabinet Ministers. but also
with group leaders in both the Senate
and Chamber of Deputies, and has
startled some of the Cabinet Ministers
by calling In provincial politicians TO
explain intricate points in new problems
in connection with which he was unable
to get the information he desired in
Paris.
Naturally. a man of this. type Is not
going to pass his afternoons saying
pretty things TO struggling artists and
bowing TO the plaudfts Of social few
at vanishing day ceremonies.
However, officials of the salon are re-
ported to feel somewhat peevish and
gloomy over the refusal OF NJ. Millerand
to open the exhibition this year. while
pessimists OF the old school arc mourn
ing that 1t means a new mark OF French
decadence when the President or France
prefers craftsmanship TO daubnso.
Meanwhile a spirit OF independence
of the salon has broken out in another
section, for some capable young artists
In the Quarter Latin have decided that
the regular salons do not offer so much
chance for profitable sales OF their
works as do private viewings, and they
have organized what is known as cafe
salons" With the walls Of the cheap
cafes lined with their works. these ar
lists sit at the tables there quafilng
Books aperitifs and listening to critl-
cisms, but when an opportune moment
comes they introduce themselves TO pros
pective clients with view TO closing a
bargain.
In one OF these cafes forty paintings
were sold in single afternoon last
week.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Flood of Post Cards
to Follow French Law

sysotsI Cabrs to rHs Ksv yoax hxzALD.
Copyright, fssf bv THE New YoaK HnAGD.
New York Herpld Durces,
Paris, April Is.
THE world is to be flooded with
French souvenir post cards
II Minister Of Posts L'Afont
has his way. He has introduced
a bill in tho French Chamber pro-
viding for tho cutting Of the
postage rate on post cards nearly
80 per cent and adopting a
graded scale, according to the
length Of the message inscribed
thereon.
The Minister says that this is
necessary if the post card indus
try is to survive, as since 1919,
when the postal rates were In
creased, the production has
dropped from soo,oO0,Ooo to
under 200,O00,o00, representing
a loss of more than 100000.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
TOURISTS TO FIND
MANY CHANGES IN
EUROPEANTRAVEL
France Expects Every Visi-
tor to Pay a Tax From
2 IL to 6 Francs.
RHINE NOT ATTRACTIVE
England Has Plenty Of Rooms
and Police Restrictions
Are Relaxed.
Special Cable to THE NEw YoRK HERALD.
Cop1ntQht, 1871. bu TIE NEW York HERALD

Special Cable to THS NEw YoRK HERALD
Copyright, 1891. 5y THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, April 10.
American tourists visiting Paris this
year will be called on to pay a special
tourist tax Of 2h to 6 francs day
If q bill which has been presented In
tho Chamber is passed. and it appears
more than likely that it will be.
The bill Is being fostered by the
Paris Municipal Council, which ex-
poets to obtain 1oo, 200, 900 francs from
the visitors tax. which is to be applied
for three months. just as in the fash
sonable Riviera, west coast and inland
resorts.
But even this measure is not as
radical as the charges in Germany,
where the hotel bills of foreigners
still are being trebled to overcome ex-
change depression.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
BIG ALUMINIUM DEPOSIT
FOUND IN HUNGARY
Estimated to Contain I5O,.
600, 900 Tons of the Metal.

Special Cable to THE Srw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. ~ The NEW YORK HERALD
VIENNA, April 16.--The worlds big
gest aluminium bearing deposit has just
been discovered north of Tapolcza, Hun
gary, according to reports reaching
here. IL is estimated that II contains
10000, 900 tons OF aluminium
A company. which will issue several
million shares, IS to be formed immedi-
ately 10 exploit the deposit.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
WALTZ rs A LOST ART,
FRENCH DANCERS FIND
Old Time Strains Responded
To by FeU on Floor.

SrectdI Cobls 10 TIE Nrw YoAK HrsSLp.
Copyright, 1891, ~ THn NEW YoRK HxRALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, April is.
II Is back again 90 the old fashioned
waltz. but after its long absencs from
tho bathrooms and dance halls every
body has forgotten how to do H. At
least, when Maurice returned to Paris
this week and opened his dancing estab-
,ishment tho waltz number on the pro-
gramme almost ruined tho opening night.
After the first bar OF the music half the
dancers unconseiously clipped into the
tango or the Boston, while IL was re-
ported that some of the dancers has
their satin slippers ruined when their
thoughtless partners tried 60 III other
steps 20 the music.
Maurice and his partner. Leonorn
Hughes, had 70 save the situation by
conducting a half hour dancing school.
showing how grandma used 20 reverse
with true dainty grace.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

Special Gable 10 TIE New YoRK HsRAIp.
Copyright, 1877, " THE NEv YORK HrnALD.
New York Hernid Bureau,
Paris, April 10.
The day or tho shooting galleries is
about finished. The latest sport here is
in shooting at objects on n screen such
as is used in any movie theatre. In
tcrest reaches the maximum by the use
OF an invention now being perfected in
the Pathe workshops In Nincennes.
Heretofore IL bullet reached its mark
The film action rolled on until the op-
orator stopped It, but with the Pathe
system as soon az a hit is scored the
apparatus ceases projecting. 1t was said
here that the invention is destined for
use In military schools for the training
of sharpshooters. rather than for the
of the general public.