, 1924-04-09
SOMETHING ABOUT
EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY

Deen the custom Tor Two fighters 10
exchange kisSes-one on each cheek
at the conclusion of a ring battle.
THE coming of 100000 Jews to
this country has created for Ameri-
ca problems of the most perplexing
kind-social, political, national, finan-
cial, humanitarian, religious Il
Until we find some way to break
down their prejudices the evangelical
ton of America will proceed with
faltering steps."-Report of the Home
Missions Council, at Atlantic City,
January Ia.
A woman in London created a
sensation in the ballroom of the Sa-
voy Hotel by appearing with hair that
glowed with phosphoric iridescence
when the lights were dimmel.
A large gryo-electric plant in Sears
burg, Vermont, located far in the
wilderness, regulates itself without
human aid. 1t is wholly automatic in
control and if serious trouble arises
in its mechanism, it shuts down and
stays shut down until experts make
things right again. 1t has a capacity
of $500 horse power.
Thirty-seven per cent of all auto
mobiles in Canada are owned by
farmers.
The old Pullman a fish-net ham
mock is being replaced in the new
cars with a rack designed to occupy
the same position above the berth as
did 1.-THE hammock. The rack will
hold clothing flat and prevent wrinkl-
ing. 1t is made in skeleton form of
one-inch green betting and is fastened
to either end of the berth by hooks.
1t folds back flat when not in use.
The total 1928 pack of canned sal
mon for British Columbia will give
the packers of that province more
than S10,00O,O 900 if all the cases are
marketed at the ruling prices.
When a Senator boards an elevator
in the Capitol it must not be stopped
for other passengers until the Sena-
tor gets off.
The British Ambassadr at Wash
ington has n salary just over $4,000,
but in addition he has a completely
appointed embassy at his disposal and
an allowance of more thar SS5,O0O,
thus totaling S97 1850. The American
Ambassador at London has a salary
of 1880, and in addition he must
pay for the upkeep of the embassy
from his private pocket.
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OF every thousand boys and girls
entering high school, five hundred
sixty-one leave before the end of the
fourth year.
The three-mile limit is generally
accepted among the various nations
of the earth. Spain claims six miles,
Norway four, Sweden four. Both
italy and France have insisted that
their neutrality in case of war should
be respected within six miles of the
coast. The Institute of International
Law has voted in favor of the six
mile limit.
J. Ramsay Macdonald, British
Prime Minister, is a straphanger,
riding to his office in crowded trains.
Prunes will 500 be dried by cleo
tricity instead of by the present sun
drying process, according to a Cali
fornia agricultural expert.
With the thinning of the forest the
old-time lumberjack, picturesque, I'M
couth, but manly, is going the way of
the cowpuncher and prospector.
Woodsmen now demand-and get
the comforts of civilizations. Electric
lights and radio sets are installed in
many camps.
"The Founders Of the American
Theater," limited to 100 members, is
being formed in New York to stimu-
late native American drama by pro-
ducing plays written and acted by
Americans.
Crop acreage in Canada has almost
trebled since 1900. This is a larger
area than England and Wales COM
bined.
The tomb of Virgil is to be pur-
chased by the government of Italy.
The surrounding plot, transformed
into a garden of the Greco-Roman
style, with laurel. myrtle and roses.
will become n shrine for lovers of
the poet.
William Hohenzollern is becoming
bore c%ongenial with his fel~low-towns-
men in Doom, according TO reports.
He visits the village more frequently
and receives many visitors.
Prohibition agents are not. as n rule
prohibitionists. Many of them drink
liquor, to obtain evidence. Last year
they spent S205 ,66S of government