Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
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SERVER, Prague.-The old say
ing. small but good,'' could
Il very easily be applied to Janske
Lame (Johannisbad) tucked
away in a fold Of the Krkonose Noun
tains. AS spas go, the Janske Lame Is
to be ranked among the smaller ones,
but though it has character Of its own,
it IS in very many ways typical Of the
Czechoslovakia spas. For arly one suf-
fering from jaded nerves the spot Is
ideal Nesting below Cerna Hora
(Black Mountain), 1t lies closely girdled
by towering pines. Being some 1855
feet above sea level, its pure atmosphere
Is gentle enough with q perceptible sug-
geStion of the mountain air. 1t is in
the center Of some magnificent land
scape, with glimpses Of thesreai noun
tains showing through the gaps in the
foothills
The cure at this spa consists in talk
ing the waters-there are number of
mineral springs, hot, warm and cold,
and in some cases, radioactive-and a
series Of medicated baths, effective in
the treatment of various complaints
The spa has quite a corps of medical
specialists, experts in nervous diseases,
lung and eye troubles, organic disturb
ances, rheumatism, heart affections,
and n1aladies of the skin. The season
runs from May through August, and
during that period some 5000 visitors
take the cures.
The hotels, coffee houses and other
accommodations are adequate and ex-
ceptionally good. The cuisine. IS I'M
surpassed and the general cost of liv-
ing is lower than for any resort with
equal attractions in Europe. This spa
of Janske Lame Saint Johns Bath
began its history as a curative center
in 1850, and in the town hail are many
interesting prints showing the appear
ance of the springs at that remote date.
The language difficulty does not exist
for the visitor of Anglo-Saxon stock.
Czech and German are spoken. Of
course, but doctors and inn keepers
have English as part of their stock in
trade. One of the first things to catch
the eye of the English visitor Is the
number of bookstalls displaying English
books and papers.
How Britishers
Looked to japanese.
The Bulletin, Sydney, N. S. W.-The
Japanese may not have play ridicul-
ing the British but they are not with
out methods of retaliation. During the
war period, when dolls with character
istically English features, golden hair
and blue eyes were temporarily OF the
market, the demand was supplied with
dolls, from Japan; not japanese
dolls, but creatures apparently de-
signed to be copies of the British artt-
Gle. One enraged M. l.. importer wrote
to his Japanese suppliers asking them
what they meant by sending him such
hideous caricatureS and received a
chilly reply to the effect that anyhow
that was how the Britishers looked to
Japan.
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Electric Indicator Gives
Wrong Discount Rate.
The Japan Advertiser, Tokio-A dis
patch from London says: 1.-THE official
Indicator of the Bank of England's dis
count rate unexpectedly showed an in
crease from az to per cent. Almost
Immediately IL was announced that this
was an error and that the bank rate
remained unchanged at 2ls per cent.
Later 1t was made known that some
thing went wrong with the electrically
operated indicator. This was the first
time in history that such an error had
been made"
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Nearly Pays with Life
For Eulosizlng Political Greed.
Cologne Gasette-Just like q INN
play. constructed with all the artificial
drama Of poignant situation and singu-