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Evening star., 1926-04-18

WRHF, the Washington Radio
Hospital Fund Committees service
station for "shut-ins." Is making a
drive for funds with which to main
tain the 40 receiving sets 1t has IN
stalled in hospitals in the District.
According to Leroy Mark, chairman
of the committee, the maintenance
fund is about depleted. Approximately
$500 is needed, it was announced,
to keep these sets in operation
through the Summer.
Unlike other radio stations WR1F
has no source of revenue; 1t Is sup
ported entirely by public contribu-
tions. Every day at noon 1t provides
entertainment for the patients Of the
Washington hospitals, and three eve
nings a week-Tuesdays Thursdays
and Saturdays, 1t broadcasts an hours
program of dinner music. The daily
noon - broadcasts feature current
events. arranged by the League OF
American Pen Women.
Contributions should be sent to Mr..
Mark at 20S Colorado Building.
"NOzza Di Figaro" to be Broadcast.
The WEAF Grand Opera Co.. under
the direction of Cesare Sodero, will
broadcast the opera :''Nossa di
Figaro" tomorrow night through a
chain of stations including WCAP.
The opera was originally planned
for one of the recent programs. but
was not sung at the time announced.
"NoZza di Figaro" translated into
English, means THE Marriage of
Figaro" 1t was composed by Mozart
and Is founded on one of the well
known comedy series by Beauchais
1t was written shortly before the
French revolution and reflects the at
titude prevailing at that time.
Wednesday night Mr.. Sodero's light
opera company will sing the opera
Patience" composed by w. S. Gil
bert and Arthur Sullivan. Patience"
is a comic opera which introduces sew
eral delightful duets. trios and quintet
selections and a chorus of maidens.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

but are understood to have won a
silent evening in Chicago for the DIX
fans.
Now in California fans are threat
ening not only to boycott station
KQW, which refuses to keep silent
during the DIX period, but also all
santa Clara Valley products. Station
KQW, which is located in San Jose
and is said to represent the local agri-
cultural interests as well as a church,
appears to be in a serious situation.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
SWEDISH CROWN PRINCE
"TRAINING" FOR u. S. TRIP
Movie Men Are Preparing Him for
Ordeal of Facing American
Batteries

BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
STOCKHOLM. April 17.-Swedish
movie operators are preparing the
Crown Prince for his coming suffer
ings at the hands of the American
picture and news men.
Armies of camera men besieged him
at Fridays royal military review.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Cadet Ship Reaches Panama.

PANAMA, Canal Zone, April II up.
The German cruiser Hamburg, bear
Ing cadets on a round-the-World
voyage, has arrived here en- route to
Los Angeles. She will sail from
Balboa Monday.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

Women have a keener sense of
smell than men, according to some
psychologists. Many a man who has
tried cloves doesn't need any physi-
ologist to tell him that.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Grain Jumps Three
To Four Points on
Winnipeg Exchange

By the Associated Press.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April II.
Wheat prices advanced today from
37s to 41s in one of the widest
sessions of the Winnipeg grain
exchange during recent months.
Steady export buying and the in
clination of the Chicago market
to follow the local trend were the
chief factors in the bullish move
ment.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Noted Journalist to Broadcast.


David Lawrence, outstanding figure
in American journalism, is to make
his radio debut, addressing the COM
bined audiences of stations WRC and
WIZ at New York Tuesday night,
April 81. The subject of Mr.. Law
rence's address will be Keeping the
Country Posted-a New Development
in Journalism"
The name of David Lawrence be-
came internationally prominent dur
ing the World War. when his dis
patches. published both in the United
States and Europe. were held partic-
ulariy authoritative in both eonti-
nentS.
Following the war the young writer
organized and developed the Consoli-
dated Press Association. continuing
his dispatches dealing with national
politics and conditions as one Of the
principal features Of that service.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Lawrence in
troduced to the world his latest ven-
ture, national newspaper, the
United States Daily. published in
Washington and containing records
of everything that occurs in the
workings Of the United States Gov
ernment from daV TO daV
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
PRINCE NOW IS PENNILESs

Once among the richest of ruling German princes, Leopold, last of distinguished line of royal governors of the principalty of Lippe- Detmold, is virtually penniless After the re- publican state of Prussia recently granted him relief from poor rates so that he could file suit for payment of debt without cost, it was revealed that Prince Leopold did not have the $500 cash security required by German law to cover court expenses.
 The suit has been brought against a Dr. Thyssen to whom Leopold alleges he sold q parcel of land five years ago for s5o,000 and never received payment. Leopold Is land poor His settlement with the state after his abdica- tion during the revolution in 1918 netted him 5000 acres of land and his beautiful castle. He has been unable to find buyers for more of his land since Dr. Thyssen, who is not re- lated to the industrial Thyssen family, bought several thousand acres.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
WORLDS TRANsFUsIoN RECORD

The worlds record for blood transfusion by one person is credited to Raymond Briez. He has just submitted to the operation for the hundredth time. Since November, 1924, Briez has given five and half gallons of his blood for suffering human beings, without recompense of any kind except the satisfaction of having done good deed.
 Briez is only 29 years old and devoted to outdoor sports. He entered upon his career blood-giver quite by accident While vis- ting sick friend, he heard the. doctor say that the only hope of recovery in blood transfusion. Immediately he offered himself. Briez is so strong and healthy that the opera ton has little effect on him. He continues work in his office usual before and after. each transfusion operation.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
REFUSED TO CHANGE DRESS

Karl Severing, retired Prussan Minister Of the Interior. was one of the few Socialist gov ernment officials who during his whole term of office remained true to proletaran traditions in the matter of dress. Herr Severing never owned a dress suit or even a dinner jacket a convention which most of his comrades since the revolution accepted matter of course. He devoted himself to his office with a single- ness of purpose for which even the bitterly hostile press gave him unstnted praise Though a magnificent official residence was set aside for him on Unter den Liden, Severing kept his family at Bieefeld. In the Ruhr valley. during his seven years as minister and virtu- ally lived in his office in the Ministry of the Interior.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

5.o0o,000 people. It is not the longest river In the world for it is only about 5000 miles in length, but with it's tributary rivers, lakes, canals. it carries more commerce than any other inland water sys- tenn In the world.
 Q. When did people first begin to bury their dead?
 A. It is not known exactly when this custom arose but there are rec ords of 1t as far back as anything concerning the human species is known. Recent discoveries in South France indicate that man not only buried his dead 5000 years ago but actually had tombstones to indicate the graves.
 Q. On what days of the week did the following dates fall, January 8, 1870 and December %, 1867. A. Monday and Wednesday re- spectively.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
ANTHEIL IS WELL RECEIVED

George Antheil. the 2s year old American composer. is hailed master by French critics. who found the second performance of his Symphony in r had more than confirmed the impression made by the first hearing The composer and Vladimir Golschmann, the con- ductor. were given an ovation of an intensity rarely heard in French concert room. espe- caly to foreign artist.
 Written in neo-classc style and with what some term a rather dry technique, the sym phony displays a wealth of dramatic power and vigor Not having the stores of German folk tunes that Beethoven and Mozart had to draw upon Anthen sought his themes in the scraps of music In his mind dating back to childhood. These included the popular senti- mental songs of the 1910 period the ragtime that came a little later and fragments of sym phonies heard at concerts. Welded into a composite new form, the work moves on in direct and logical procession to imposing climax. The musical critic of Comdia con- cludes his eulogy of the imposition by saying, We must hail George Antheil thorough bred musician whose work does high honor to the young American school"
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
PRINCE NOW A GOLFER

The Prince of Wales has lost some of his fondness for horseback riding and of late has fallen under the subtle fascination of golf.
 The prince. as beginner, is fond of joking about his game. He admits ha cannot play golf as well as he can do the Charleston. He estimates that on average he loses six balls a day He loves to hit at the ball. and has yet to keep his drives under control.
 At Sunningdale the prince, after one round, enjoyed 20 minute light luncheon and was on the tee again. Wales friends fond of pointing out the fact that the heir to the throne never permits himself to hold up cou- pies while he and his caddy search for ball he has planted in the rough.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

S.61 pounds per gallon; per cent butter fat, S.60 pounds per gallon Single 20 per cent cream weighs S.48 pounds per gallon; while 40 percent whipping cream weighs S.3S pounds per gallon.
 Q. How long is "a cables length"
 A. A tenth :, f sea mile; about 100 fathoms or 600 feet.
 Q. How many cross ties arc used on steam railroads in the United States per year and what is their value?
 A. Statistics for 1923 show-129,- 133,947 cross ties used and an aver age cost per tie of 94 cents.
 0. Where is the Mojave Desert?
 A. It lies below sea level in southeastern California.
 Q. Please give brief account of Battling Nelson?
 A. He was the worlds hght- weight boxing champion from 1905 to 1906 and from A190S to 1910. He was born Junes5, 1882 at Copen- hagen, Denmark; was five feet seven and one half inches tall and weighed about 1S3 pounds. His full name was Oscar Matthew Nelson. His greatest battles were those with the colored fighter Joe Cans, and with Ad Walgast, who succeeded Nelson as lightweight champion,
 Q. From what do the names Nell" and Nellie" come?
 A. From Eleanor. name from the Greek meaning fruitful.
 Q. How many Italians are in the world?
 A. The number is estimated at 4o,SSS,SS4.
 Q. Please give the measurements of a Major League baseball dia-
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

mond?
 A. From home plate to the pitch CTS box is 60 feet 6 inches; from 1st base to third base (diagonally) 127 feet S-S inches; from pitchers box to 3d base G3 feet l1-16 inches; from home plate to I'd base (diago- Inally) 12 fleet 3-S inches; distance between bases. i. e. from home to first, first to second, etc, 30 feet. Q. What percentage of the popu- lation of the United States are ne- groes?
 A. According to the 1920 census the percentage is s.9 percent. Q. In what part of the world are Pygmies most often found, and how long have these D, .uiar people ex- isted?
 A. It Is known that Pygmies have been in existence more than 5000 years. They are found more numerously in the Philippines than elsewhere. but groups of them exist also in the Andaman Islands of the Bay of Bengal; New Guinea; the in- terior of the Malay Peninsula and the Congo regions of Africa. With few exceptions they have similar characteristics. The smallest Pyg- mics are those of Africa where the men seldom attain a height of more than 1-2 feet and the women only 3 1-2 feet.
 Q. How much has the coal strike in Great Britain cost?
 A. In round numbers 1t is esti- mated that up to September 1. 1926 the coal strike has cost Sl45, 10000
 Q. In what part of the United States do the greatest number of forest fires occur and what is the monetary loss on account of them?
 A. Every year there are from S5,000 to 90.000 forest fires in the United States, and two-thirds of them are in North and South Caro- lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Okla- homa and Missouri. Of the total burned area so per cent was in that region and Fl per cent of the total estimated tangible loss of $2S,000,- 900 and of the estimated collateral loss of s50o,O0O. .0o0.
 Q. Can you tell me something about the Yangtze river in China, where it rises, how 1t compares with other rivers. and the country through which it passes?
 A. It rises in central Tibet at an altitude of 15,000 feet or more among a tangled mass of mountains and plateaus. In its journey to the sea, 1t cuts through several distinct mountain ranges, forming some of the deepest river gorges in the world. It drain an area of 770.000 square miles, equal to one-quarter the total area of the United States and in this basin live approximately
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

Scientist Explains How Ancients
 Used Mechanics to Simulate Miracles"

London. Nov. 6-The ghostly hounds of Herne the Hunter mentioned by Shakespeare in the Merry Wives of Windsor, have been heard" by the wife and daughter of Walter Legge. of Farm House. Old Windsor.
 Mrs. Legge declares that on two occasions she heard the clock of Old Windsor tower chime the midnight hour and immediately afterward the sound of paying hounds, as if a pack in full cry.
 On the second occasion her daughter came into her room. she says. and asked Did you hear them? They must have been Herne the Hunters hounds" Mrs. Legge asserts that during the many years she has lived at Old Windsor she had never heard the sounds be- fore.
 Tradition has it that Herne the Hunter a keeper in Windsor forest in the days of Queen Elizabeth. Having been disgraced he hanged himself to an oak. Herne's Oak. said to have been 600 years old. blown down August 31. 1863. and young oak was planted on the spot by Queen Victoria on September 12 1883.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
'. ". c. A. NOTES

The Girls Reserve department of the local Y. W. c. A. are preparing a room in the northeast corner of the building for their own use, the apartment to be called the Girl Re- serve room. Members of the Re- serve are painting the furniture and making pillows for the place and the room should be ready for occu- pancy in about two weeks. A circus by the members of the Reserve In connection with the in- dustrial girls class is in the works for presentation on or about Decem- Der 8. The event will include q menagerie and sideshows with the customary pink lemonade and pea nuts. Although plans are indefi- nite as yet 1t is thought that this years event will surpass any like occasions presented by the organiza- ton.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
DOINGS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS
PARIS:
Frenchman Just Submits to Hun dredth Transmission of His Blood.

Paris. Nov. 6-The terrific din made by so- called "noiseless" automobile horns which probably will replace the squawking type now in use in Paris caused a special police com- mittee attending demonstration of them to clap their hands to their ears and flee the scene.
 Salesmen representing numerous firms de- sirous of supplying the automobile trade. pre- sented several scores of their silent samples In the effort to prove how noiseless they were however. they footed the horns so vigorously and constantly that the police had to beg for mercy and fled into the building.
 The Paris police authorities recently ap- pointed committee to investigate and select a standard type of horn less noisy than the ones which make the Paris streets so hideouA- ly blantant. This was the committees first meeting with the trade The next one has not been scheduled, the committee desiring to await until it's nerves have quieted.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
RIDING TO HOUNDS IS POPULAR

The red deer of Old England are finding their way to Biarritz to make sport for the cosmopolitan society of this south of France resort.
 Riding to hounds has always been popular with the wealthy residents here. but in the past has been largely confined to fox hunting Now stag hunting has come into favor. but not enough deer are available in France and importation Is being resorted to-
 The stags, brought from the famous deer parks of England and Scotland, are hauled to the hunting fields in prosaic moving vans Hb- erated well ahead of the hunt, and given every sporting chance to escape
 At the opening hunt of the season a most fashionable following gathered for the cere- mony of blessing the hounds at the Church of Saint -Eugenie, on the outskirts of Biarritz
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

You can get an answer 10 any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue. Washington. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply Medical legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions wil receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are contidential.-Edi itor.
 Q. Can you give the title of the poem in which the following oc- curs?: Love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave?
 A. It is found in the Song of Solomon. in the Bible, Chapter s verse 6.
 Q. Does cream weigh more than milk?
 A. No. Milk containing 3 per cent butter fat weighs S62 pounds per gallon; per cent butter fat.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
.,IIRACLEs~ OF THE ANCIENTs

Nero not only played fiddle. but he also was a player of the bagpipes, an instrument illustrating very ancient use of compressed air, declared William Reavell in his presiden- tial address to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers The subject was Compressed Air" Besides Nero's bagpipes, MT. Reavell said organs with piston bellows were described by Vitruvius and Hero, while such instruments were also known to Archimedes and Plato.
 The speaker also described how. before those periods, the Egyptian priests made use of compressed air to work miracles in their temples,
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

ployed by the Sullivan Granite Co.,, at Bradford, was killed yesterday when a tub containing about a ton and a half of waste rock fell on him. The heavily weighted tub dropped sixty feet into a hole where Robertson was working. He came to this country from Scotland two weeks ago.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
Monroe School Assn.
 Meets Monday Evening

The Monroe School Parents and Teachers association will meet Monday evening at o'clock in the school auditorium. w. r. Dyer of the New Britain Normal school and Dr. George E. Tucker of Hartford are on the list of speakers. The Monroe school association is look ing forward to an active year as in in the neighbourhood
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

and First Selectman Amos B. Crane, who were called notified the Spring field police an were informed that the dynamite was stolen Hallowe'e en night from the storeroom of a Springfield concern.
 Rev. Arthur Cavanaugh. pastor of the church, could ascribe no reason for the presence of the dynamite.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
INVENTION TO TURN PAGES

A Berlin inventor claims to have solved the problem of turning the pages of musical selection. an operation which always has both cred members of bands and orchestras. The invention consists of a lever operated with the foot. The lever is attached to the music stand in such manner that by stepping on 1t the page is turned.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
POLICE MUCH HAMPERED

The police of Berlin are materially hamper ed in their adoption of modern methods by innumerable anticipated regulations In force evidently because no one has ever thought of resembling them.
 According to the published statement of the Prussian under-secretary of state, Dr. Abegg. the police code contains many thousands of these out of date ordinances.
 One of the oldest from the year 1751. decrees that church bells are to be rung only in three stipulated periods within a certain hour. Another of 1911 prohibits "the extor- ton of tips by farm hands from passing trav- elers in post -chaises," which seems to have been the custom at that time. Still another prescribec exactly how the eggs of ants should be collected. Then there are regulations pro- hibiting dancing lessons on Sundays and also the preparation of artificial coffee.
 Grotesque seems an injunction of 1880 bar ring pickpockets and other thieves from pub lie markets without a special police license and even then compelling them to do their shop ping only under police supervision.
 Still another precept of 1892 prescribes for all waitresses dresses closed at the neck with skirts down to the ankle.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
SHAW STARRING STARS

George Bernard Shaw's. shame, which glared in letters two feet high in front of one of Lon don's largest music halls showing one of his plays, has been reduced in size. at the authors request The letters are smaller than those of the stars actually appearing there.
 The play is "The Showing up of Blanco Posnet." It is being acted by Sir John and Lady Martin Harvey and company of 30. For years the lord chamberlain banned this story of horse thief on the ground that it was blasphemous. However, after braving the derision of cultured playgoers, he rcented.
 Mir. Shaw suggested that his name had been displayed so prominently that his friends might get the impression that he himself was appearing at the music hall, when, as a matter of fact he not able to find time to each up with his writings.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
Dynamite Bundle Found
 Near Suffield Church

Suffield, Nov. R-Sticks of dyna- mite, wrapped in a Springfield paper of yesterdays date. were found in a lot adjoining the Sacred Heart church by party of local hunters.
 Chief of Police Thomas B. Cooney
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

The actual nails said to have been used at the CrucifiXion are among the relics shown at Rome.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
SAW DEAD BROTHERS, SHE SAYS

Estelle Stead, daughter of the late William T. Stead, the English journalist, at a meeting of spiritualists here, said that within the last few weeks she had seen her two dead broth CTS. One of the brothers died before her father, who lost his life ill the steamship Ti- tantic disaster in 1912, and the other one since. Miss Stead related how her brothers had stood before her. She said she had felt their hands and that they had kissed her. Miss Steads father also was a sprituast.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06
BERLIN
German City, Grateful to Pigs, Erects Monument to Poker Tribe.

Berlin Nov. 6-The city of Lueneberg has erected a beautiful monument to a lean. scraggly pig. The memorial bronze repro duction of the now famous animal. was put up out of gratitude for the great increase in the city's wealth growing out of discovery made by the pig.
 About five years ago the owner of the pork CT noticed its peculiar pranks in the grazing yard. He investigated and found 1t licking a deposit of salt. The deposit has since been ex- plotted and is one of the richest table salt mines in Germany.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-06

CRUSHED TO DEATH
 Westerly, k. '. Nov P-Wil- liam Robertson, 21, laborer en-