Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27

l"Nh he COGOGNE GAZE 1E.-FTOI.
Einstein is in the United States
upon the invitation Of the fac
4 ulty of Mount Wilson Observa-
tory, in the State of California.
| With the savantS of that institution,
he will attempt to determine the exact
velocity Of light rays. 1t has already
| been ascertained that the speed Of the
earth through space is 80 kilometers a
| second, but no machine has yet been
devised which will record a speed of
more than 2 kilometers a second.
| Therefore, if the velocity Of light is,
roughly, 100000 kilometers a second, it
appears that Prof. Einstein and the
| American astronomist DR.. A. A. Michel
son. will find formidable difficulty in
measuring such an incomprehensible
velocity. Figures as to the earth's rate
| of progression through the ether have
been fixed only through application OF
| the laws of relativity-a system OF
1 computation more recently eXpounded
In detail by Prof Einstein-and this
system now presents the only means by
which light rays may be measured &C
| curately, and it may fail.
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Raising of Galley
Holds Disappointment.
| II Sole, Milan.-The raising of the
galley of Caligula from the muddy bot
tom of Lake Nemi, some 80 kilometers
from Rome, has failed in realizing many
| Of the hopes that were entertained in
bringing this ancient vessel to the light
of day. Little was left but the actual
hull and the bronze and copper rings
and ornaments which once were fas-
tened to the decks and cabins for util-
| ity in hitching the hempen cables, as
well as for establishment.
Perhaps the greatest disappointment
has been that the recovery of the hulk
has not enabled psychologists and sci
! entistS to reconstruct the method of
propulsion. If this vessel was a trireme,
as seems probable from its great size, it
must have been rowed with three tiers
of oars, as, according to contemporary
history, were many other Greek, Roman
and Phoenician galleyS but how these
oars were arranged so the rowers could
operate them efficiently has never been
determined by modern investigators.
The topmost row would seem to require
such exceeding long and heavy blades
that one or two men at each oar would
be unable to manipulate them.
| X
Decreasing Demand for
Herring Blamed on Aliens.
Evening Times, Glasgow.-O perverse
and degenerate Glasgovlans! To think
of a little feet of herring boats arriV-
there was little or no demand for their
precious cargoes! o tempora; o mores
Let us put the blame for this lamen-
table falling away from our good old
habits on the shoulders of our alien
population, whether they deserve it or
not. But, fear, many of our native
born have developed a shameful pref
al ND
tripe.
When I have acquired enough money
to live comfortably without working,
shall HE to the vicinity of our fruit
market and hire myself a small dwell
ing so that morning, noon and night
may breathe the fragrant atmosphere
of the district. Recently an agr1cul-
tural expert bore me there to see the
Silver Fox Exhibition, and as We went
down the Candleriggs and then through
the market to Adelphi street I felt that
we two were straying happily through
the scented groves of Paradise. I men,
toned the notion to my bovine author
ity, who merely calculated, "Dinna be
daft" and stalked onward to the hall
Of Master Reynard.
How Is this, inquiries correspondent
for an insult to Scottish audiences
At the meeting the other night the
proceedings were begun by the singing
Of the twenty-third Psalm. The Eng
lishman who presided announced that
he would give out the words in each
verse so as to enable the congregation
to sing it correctly, the implication be-
ing that the audience did net know
THE Lord is my Shepherd" etc.
| \ X X X
Silver One of Many Solutions
Offered to End Depression.
China Weekly Review, Shanghai
Every time there is period of serious
financial and economic stringency, such
as the present, when the world bust
ness and industrial structure is suffer-
ing from overexpansion and overpro-
duction, it provides opportunity for
. the vendors of quack financial rene
dies to emerge with their cures. Scarce
ly q day passes but that newspaper
readers are informed Of some one who