Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-22

. Edcn weeks disclosure OF the aQ-
vance of science makes previous
achievements commonplace.
A Paris scientist has made lens
of Icelandic spar which penetrates
the old CRIME and blackened varnish
of ancient paintings, restoring to
vision the original brightness Of
color. The lens refracts the rays
from the old varnish, at a different
angle from those coming from the
surface of the paint, underneath. the
varnish. The result is that the be-
holder is enabled to see only those
rays which come from the paint,
without the darkened rays from the
CRIME and varnish. All the original
beauty of the painting thereupon re-
appears through the lens.
In Madrid last week 1t was demon
strated before the king that the hu-
man eye, If especially trained, can
penetrate Opaque substances with
out the aid of Roentgen rays. A boy
was bIindfolded and in that condi-
tion read a clipping of newspaper
which was wrapped in cloth and
locked in an iron box.
An eminent French psychologist
announces that he is on the verge
of discovering scientific means of
foretelling future events and a learn
ed society of psychologists indorses
his claim.
Right here in Washington the
United States weather bureau prom
ises to foretell, scientifically, the
weather months ahead as accurately
as tomorrow's Cloudy, with possible
rain, followed by clearing weather"
This is undoubtedly a combination of
the Icelandic spar seeing through
CRIME. the Spanish eye penetrating
iron and the prophetic vision of the
ultra psychologist. What a wondrous
| leap beyond the medicine almanac of
our grandfathers
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Transportation is the link that
| binds parts of the nation together
and makes "E Pluribus Unum' fact
What has Atlanta. Ga, to do with
New Bedford, Mass? How can such
widely separated cities combine their
| industries? BY airplane 5o0-pound
| bale of cotton next week will be carr
ried from Atlanta to the Massachu-
setts city, there to be woven while
you wait" and made into 5000 Ma
sonic aprons. all within tive days
| from it's departure from the south
Then in less than four hours more
the aprons will be on sale in Wash
1 ington as souvenirs of the Shrine.
| These aprons will signify far more
| than souvenirs of a holiday. They
| will be reminders forever that indus
| trial America has moved its parts
| closer together SO that 1t knows no
/ longer any lines of separation in its
national community of interests.
! The suggestion has been made that
this feat will demonstrate a new use
[ for the airplane. This appears more
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question the significance of the tying
| together of sections no longer apart
] farther than flight of few hours
| and each complement of the other?
| trip from Atlanta TO New Bedford
! can be made from breakfast to bed
| time?
| k x x
| He was such a little fellow. He
| had not travelled much and was not
| familiar with high church" customs
With his mother he visited a great
church. where the verger. in full
| panoply, escorted them to seats The
| little chap was impressed. He look
| ed at the vergers costume and long
| staff. emblem of office, and, smuggling
up to his mother, he whispered audi
bly,: Mother, is he q religious traffic
| cop?"
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Probably it was not that same
"yerger' who was so officious at the
| ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial
| last week, but in such presence all
other dignitaries may we'll quail
Somebody-was it Shakespeare or
some other Englishman?- of
| the ashes of Caesar used to stop a
| hole in window of PEASANTS howell.
| The quotation Is lame, but it points
| the moral and adorns the tale
| There was a great crowd of auto
mobiles milling around the Memorial
when f1ivver approached and was
| summarily ordered by the 'verger"
! to move aside and not stop up the
| gangway of the President of the
| United States, who was about to pre-
| sent a gold medal TO Henry Bacon,
| the architect of the Memorial