Evening star., 1933-01-02

The writer commented upon their re-
semblance of symmetry and incident to
japanese print. He replied, Their
flight shows the barometer is drop
ping"
His watch, though less important
than the rule, also plays big part and
speaks language all its own. Accord
ing TO the pocket it Is in and its posi-
ton in that pocket. its message is to be
OWNED For example, If 1t is in the
lower right-hand side of his vest, but
with the crystal turned outward, 1t
means he must take his camera to the
university next morning. in other pock-
cts. differently disposed, 1t means some
thing else.
If he is hurried. Nine. Picard. who
speaks the watch's language f1uently,
sees ito it that nothing Is forgotten.
Punetuality reigns in their household,
where everything is arranged with sci
entific precision, and II the professor
practices precision himself. he also de-
mands 1t Of those he deals with. A
cake ordered delivered at ! o'clock is
not the cake he ordered If 1t Is deliv-
cred later than ! o'clock.
Recently he had linoleum laid on his
kitchen floor and the dealer, in answer
to certain precise questions Of the pro-
fesSor concerning the likelihood Of its
getting warped and turning up at the
edges, said: Professor. you have the
guarantee Of my word that II anything
goes wrong you will only have to tele
phone me and in Is minutes l will be
there to put everything right"
Edges Start Curling.
few weeks later the edges started
YHIf II -l..x. "a @A1
He would be over next day Reminded
again next week, ne explained his wife
was i'll; again it was a legal holiday to
blame, or rheumatism, or Sprained
ankle, and after these excuses went on
for six months the matter seemed to
have been forgotten.
Prof. Picard rang up. you know,
was thinking linoleum on the nursery
floor would be good idea. Could you
come over and measure the two top
story rooms and make an estimator" In
nve minutes the measurements were
being made. But what guarantee would
| have that. the edges would not turn
up like the others? You gave me your
word as guarantee, but 1t was worth
less, now that ! come to think Of the
kitchen floor that you never fixed"
All. monsieur lie professor, / will at
tend to that at once" and he did after
which he started figuring the estimate
for the upstairs order
You'd better take your hat instead
of your order blank" admoniShed the
professor. You have helped me illus
trate fable. No matter how shrewd
we think ourselves there Is always some
body just around the corner who is
shrewder still. You had me yesterday.
but I've had you today. so let's call 1t
equal and let it go at that!"
Fame weighs lightly on his tall shoul-
ders and the professor turns much OF
his celebrity into nonsense. When
crossing Brussels on foot, pedestrians
spy him and start pointing. He turns
and points back at them. Sometimes
crowds gather around him and he takes
to his long legs and runs a race in
which few are qualified to compete.
Einstein used to refuse to give his
photograph to any Berlin newspaper,
saying: Il would be bounded to death
forever afterward If every eye in Berlin
recognized and followed me. I could
never live there again." Prof. Picard
heard this remark, and If he did not
then understand it. he does now, for
he has become the most recognizable
man alive. perhaps with the exception
Of Gandhi.
disguise enaDl1ng MIN TO DaSk oc-
casionally in the comfortable obScurity
OF an ordinary citizen while he and the
writer are crossing America has been
planned, and with wig, beard and
crutcheS, he gave friends q demonstra-
ton of this masquerade recently, dur
ing which the beard fell Off
As the wig, despite its queer cut,
looked little unlike his own hair and the
crutches would only serve to attract at
tention to the unforgettable face, he
said: Like Einstein. I must become re-
signed to having the worlds micro
scope on me constantly. Any pleas
ant thrills connected with such re-
nown very quickly wear off, but I won't
leave Brussels, though l now sympa-
thize with Einstein's feeling he would
have to leave Berlin. All, being studied
closely at close range like this is the
privilege Of microbes and great men, 1
supposed"
Perhaps only in that silvery king
dom OF the stratosphere that brought
you all this fame, professor. will you be
able to find respite from the sentence
of that celebrity!
Copyright, 1899. BY North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.)
Wool mills working shoddy in Italy
are working at full capacity.