The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
BERLIN SCIENTIST
CLAIMS PARADISE
FOR FATHERLAND
Original Garden Was 100
Miles From Berlin,
He Says

BERLIN, May 24.-(By Associated
Press. Paradise was not located be-
tween the Euphrates and the Tigris as
is commonly taught but in Mecklenhurg,
one hundred miles north of Berlin, is
the conclusion of Franz Won Wendrin,
German archaeologist, in a book called
The Discovery Of Paradise" which
has just been published.
The author contends that had Para
disc been located in .Mesopotaenia, Eve
would have handed Adam n date or a
banana instead of an apple. The fact
that Adam and Eve wore pristine fig
garb does not initiate against Wen
drin's theory for. the author asserts
that while the German climate is too
cold for fig-bearing, nevertheless fig
trees flourish as shrubs INF the region
of Mecklenburg.
Took Old Names
Biblical names like Jericho, Jordan
and so forth, arose like the Amer
lean names Philadelphia, New Bruins
wick and New Orleans, namely, by the
fact that immigrants took the old names
to their new habit at The original
Jericho, Herr Wendrin asserts, is Jer-
ichow near Magdeburg and Jordan is
derived from the old village of jordan
in Brandenburg. Another of his decla-
rations is that Adam was a brown
red negro.
The author states that his researches
and conclusions are based upon the
ancient picture language discovered on
rocks found in Bohuslaen, Sweden.
The book is plentifully illustrated with
serious maps and diagrams intended
to bear out the authors contentious.
The Newest Radio
The newest thing in wireless is
midget radio set retailing for S1.75
which makes every man has own anten-
nae when he is carrying the outfit
in his posket. The antennae is located
sin the mans hat with a wire leading
to the other parts of the apparatus.
Otto Maresch, the German inven-
tor of the set, claims that by use of
If it is possible for persons to walk along
city streets and with receivers adjusted
to their ears, hear concerts, news and
other radio programs which are being
broadcast
One company which started manu-
featuring the midget set received 10000
orders the first week. The demand for
them is so great that other concerns
are also making them by the thou
sands. Herr Maresch says it is quite
likely that within a few months it
will be possible to manufacture COM
plete radio set even smaller than the
midget one which will retail for one
dollar and possibly less
Princess Returns
There is rejoining among the ma
tives of Upper Silesia since the Flow
err Princess" as Princess Hermine is
known, has returned from Doom to
supervise the annual spring rearrange-
ment of the vast flower gardens sur
rounding her castle at SAILOR, which
is one of German most famous estate.
Princess Hermine, now the wife of
the former Kaiser, for many years.
has always taken personal charge of
the work in her garden but this spring
she was some weeks late and for a
time there was a feeling among the
population that the princess perhaps
did not have time for her old home.
This feeling, however, was dispelled
few days ago when she arrived after
a five-month absence
In addition to looking after the flow
er gardens and giving suggestions to
the gardeners as to which designs
should be carried out and which flow.
ers should adorn certain plots, the
princess also takes an active interest in
agriculture which is in charge of a
resident director. Much of her property
is devoted to wheat, oats and early
vegetables for the Berlin market. The
princess expects to remain at Sabor
until late this month when she will
reJoln her husband at Doom.