Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

VENING STAR. London-French
logic has reached its limit in an
official document just issued to
IL define precisely the conditions in
which a workman with de-
fective teeth may apply for state aid to
obtain dental plate under the new
French social assurance act.
1t is called table of masticatory
co-ef1cientS," and it sets out the chew
ing value of each tooth. The incisors
have a value of /, the CANNES are worth
each, and so on, making an ideal total
of 100.
If an applicant for help can prove
that his total of unsatisfactory co-etf1-
clients" is less than 40, he can claim a
dental plate from the government. -
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Japanese LinOtypes.
Require 5000 Characters.
Manchuria. Daily News, Dairen.-The
linotypr now in common vogue at all
printing establishments handling Occi-
dental languages was invented 40 years
ago. Hundreds of thousands OF these
machines arc now in use in Europe, the
two Americas, and In all the colonies OF
Western and European civilizations.
The old way--that is, prior to four dec
AIDES aeo--of printing newspaper, say,
in the United States, required nine
stages of work. beginning with typeset-
ting. Now the linotype gets up paper
more quickly and neatly by only three
stages OF work.
But when it comes to a linotype for
Japanese newspapers, there must be
nearly 5000 keys for the operators to
tap Aside from he technical dlfhculty
involved in operating such machine.
the cost would be prohibitive, ranging
between 100, 600 to 100000 yen (S50.0OO
to 500 O0OD apiece. The linctypes used
in America sell for from $4,000 to
$4,000.
A japanese linotype has been invented
that Is capable of printing $500 differ
ent characters The difficulty now is TO
bring it within the financial reach OF
the average japanese vernacllar paper.
1t would have to sell for not over $500
yen ($4,250), to come within the reach
of the average japanese hierog!yphic
periodical. When linotypeS are adopted
here, unemployment will BE- radically
increased among newspaper workers.
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Industrious Italians
Penalized for Lazy Glasses.
Il Sole, Milan.-The commercial ana
industrial reverses of the current year
have greatly augmented the numbers OF
people applying for and receiving public
assi stance. These disbursements, IN
turn. must all revert to the source
whence they were derived and thus
cause either immediate and further
drains upon the funds of the solvent
mart of the population, or additions to
the Eublic debt already excessive i'll It's
magnitude.
The most unfortunate aspect Of these
disbursements is that the INDUSTRIOUS,
temperate and thrifty part Of The nation
is penalized for the sake of the indolent,
vicious and incompetent part indeed,
| it sometimes appears that to be dllgent
and saving is a detriment rather than
an advantage. The loyal and energetic
workers are kept at their tasks, while
| the labors of the indifferent and sloth-
full are RENTED Thus those of the
population whose general behavior Is
more generally desirable and worthy
must maintain not only themselves dur
| ing these periods OF limited earnings,
but also their less faithful and less vigil
liant brethren in state of dolce far
: niente" q. G., pleasant leisure).
If this were the worst the condition
! might still be supportable. but it is
only fact too well known that many
of those exempted from toll and main
tanned by acquisitions upon the re-
sources Of those whose intelligence and
devotion have kept them employed. use
their leisure to promote not only unde-
sirable, but, very often both improper
and illegal activities. Some OF the most
depraved offenders picked up by the
police in recent months have been dis
covered to be those nourished with
public funds and private charities. all
originally derived from the purses OF
the constant workers.
Such penitential retribution ia i'm
posed upon the diligent for their vir-
tues. while the incident live without