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was exhibited at the 1926 electrical and Industrial Exposition in New York, is so perfectly balanced on its truck “that a child could direct it.” The Sun on Stamps A SOURCE OF MANY ERRORS The sun which shines in many designs for postage-stamps has been the source of numerous mistakes, even in countries where artists might be expected to be familiar with the real thing. The intended “rising sun” on the first Czechoslovak stamps was rising in the West, and in the revised edition it had to be shifted out of the picture, leaving only rays of light illuminating the
of the picture, leaving only rays of light illuminating the Castle of Hradschin. The sun as engraved for the first edition of Roty’s graceful “Semeuse” type of French stamps was only one of several artistic inaccuracies. Although the sun is behind the woman, her figure is light in front and shaded on the “sunny” side, but, as shown by her unshingled locks extended on the breeze, she is sowing her seed against the wind, a thing not done in agriculture. The sun is shown inverted, and even sideways, on the Salvador overprinted stamps of 1907, with in addition the suggestive
Salvador overprinted stamps of 1907, with in addition the suggestive variety of double soleil. These, however, are no faults of the artist, but the reckless work of a printer toiling under a tropical sun. Phones for Turkey For the first time, the Black Sea and Mediterranean ports of Asiatic Turkey are to be linked by telephone. The whole of Anatolia is to have a network of telephones. One of the largest sources of revenue of the French Government is the tax on salaries, which, according to figures just made public, was paid in 1925 by 823,590, or one out of
was paid in 1925 by 823,590, or one out of every forty-seven inhabitants. The taxable salaries totalled 11,973,000,000 francs. which figure was reduced to 10,406,000-00 fr. by exemptions for disabled war veterans and men supporting parents. The minimum salary on which taxes are levied is 7,000 fr. Of payments made in 1925, nearly half, or 344,018 were on salaries between 7,000 fr. and 10,000 fr.; 279,262 were between 10,000 fr. and 15,000 fr.; 95,318 were between 15,000 fr. and 20,000 fr. and 104,992 were on salaries of more than 20,000 fr. The Department of the Seine, which includes Paris, paid
fr. The Department of the Seine, which includes Paris, paid taxes on salaries totalling 5,577,000,000 fr., about half of the total for France. The next highest figure was for the Nord Department, with 672,000,000 fr. The Basses-Alpes was the lowest, with only 6,000,000 fr. A “Spud” Aristocrat The heretofore humble “spud,” as grown by the farmers of Idaho, must now be admitted to the circle of agricultural aristocrats. The Eastern markets in the United States are at present receiving baking potatoes from Idaho, each as large as a man’s two fists, packed in fancy boxes, instead of barrels or jute
fists, packed in fancy boxes, instead of barrels or jute sacks. They retail at ten cents apiece and upward. Each separate tribe, carefully cleaned of its native dirt, is carefully wrapped in tissue paper. Shull Operations SCOUTED AS “CRIME CURE” Operations on the skull to remove the cause of crime are unwarranted medical practice, in the opinion of Dr. Shepherd I. Franz, an expert in the re-education of the damaged brain. The supposition that a bony protuberance of the cranium or some malformation due to accident may press on the brain and be the specific cause of wrongdoing is rejected
brain and be the specific cause of wrongdoing is rejected by Dr. Franz and relegated to the limbo of phrenology or like pseudoscience. Surgeons of questionable ethical standards, with prospects of a high fee, he reports, have been willing to operate on a criminal, the purpose in part being to influence a court in the direction of leniency. In some cases of this sort the patient, profoundly influenced by such serious an operation on himself, has actually been led to believe that the treatment has cured him. Thus purely by suggestion he deserts the criminal life. To this extent is
suggestion he deserts the criminal life. To this extent is the cranial operation of value. Extended experiments in brain operation have convinced Dr. Franz that the upper brain structure works generally as a whole and not in specialized departments. Energy Wasted If automobiles could use the full energy capacity of gasoline, a small car could go 450 miles on a gallon, says the President of the General Motors Research Corporation. As it is, the engine wastes 97 per cent of this precious energy. Buenos Aires Traffic Traffic in the busiest section of Buenos Aires will be regulated soon by a
section of Buenos Aires will be regulated soon by a System of lights similar to that employed in New York, Paris and other large cities. The ever-growing traffic has demanded the constant attention of the city authorities of late and several other Systems of control had been tried without success. The new light System will be operated automatically from a central control station. “PARIS TIMES” LETTER BOX Pity Queen Marie. Paris November 5, 1926. To the Editor of The Paris Times:— Cannot something be done to help poor Queen Marie, even this late? It seems a shame that just because
even this late? It seems a shame that just because she is a queen, and a well-known one, every little mishap of her trip in America must be broadcast over the world. If she has an argument over a press contract, all the world knows about it. If her host threatens to “smash” somebody in the nose, this tremendous news is sent out by radio and telegraph. “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown” was written in times when the possessor of the crown could not be sure of retaining the head. But it must be even more true
retaining the head. But it must be even more true for Queen Marie, who cannot wave her hand without attracting the attention of reporters. Of course, nothing can be done about it now. But it seems to me that our whole present-day system of assuming that the intimate details of a prominent person’s life are public property is really a survival of barbarous vulgarity. Is it too much to hope that in the course of time humanity will become civilized enough to allow a decent privacy to its heroes and heroines? D. C. S. Wide World Photo. M. AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER
heroines? D. C. S. Wide World Photo. M. AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER After a succession of statesmen, financiers, ecclesiastics, politicians, soldiers, and scholars, The Man of The Day today is one who in some measure dominates them all. M. Auguste Escoffier, the world-famous chef, has returned from America where he went as Ambassador of French Cuisine. M. Escoffier was engaged by the Cunard Line to travel on its steamers to make recommendations for the ocean cuisine. As he went to New York, in the Berengaria, he must, thought perhaps, and enjoyed himself made in the same ship before the voyage he made
made in the same ship before the voyage he made in the same ship before the voyage. The Berengaria was then the German liner Imperator, and M. Escoffier travelled to Hamburg in her to serve a dinner on board for Kaiser Wilhelm II. He had previously served the Kaiser on board the Amerika at Kiel in 1906, and after the meal was called to receive congratulations. While the German monarch was speaking of roasts and sauces, the famous chef put in a word for better international relations. “If he had listened to me,” remarks the chef, “there would have been
listened to me,” remarks the chef, “there would have been no war in 1914.” M. Escoffier has cooked for many crowned heads. He created his Jubilee Cherries for Queen Victoria. He has served private supper to Edward VII and George V. He wears the Cross of Danube for having pleased the palates of the King and Queen of Denmark. The King of Italy has decorated him. He is the only chef besides Prosper Montagné who has been awarded the Légion of Honor for culinary achievements. Thousands of persons who never saw M. Escoffier have tasted his creations. One of the
saw M. Escoffier have tasted his creations. One of the most famous is the Peach Melba, which he presented at the Carlton in London after meeting the singer some thirty-five years ago. Another, which figured on the menu of the banquet given him in New York by four hundred chefs and hotelkeepers assembled to pay him homage, is Poularde Marie-Rose. M. Escoffier admits that he had some excellent meals in America. Americans as a rule eat too much canned food, he thinks, and naturally they are robbed of a cuisine classique by the ban on wines and brandies. Although he
classique by the ban on wines and brandies. Although he can think of fifty different ways to préparer ham and eggs, he knows of no way to prepare a sauce as it should be without the great vintages of France. He is hoping to préparer a bottled sauce for America if the Prohibition authorities will not classify it as a beverage. The best dinner he had in America, however, was given by the colony of his fellow Niçois. For Auguste Escoffier is of the Midi. He was born in Nice eighty years ago. He hoped to be a sculptor, but
eighty years ago. He hoped to be a sculptor, but fate intended him for another art, which he first learned in his uncle’s restaurant in Nice. He came to Paris to cook at the Reine Blanche, and when called for the Army was attached to the camp kitchen of Napoléon III. During the Franco-Prussian War he was taken prisoner. Released, he became chef for Marshal Mac-Mahon, and later for all the early Presidents of the Third Republic. Some gourmets regard M. Escoffier as the greatest cook in the world. He denies the honor. Elephant Rickets How would you cure an
denies the honor. Elephant Rickets How would you cure an elephant of rickets? The authorities at the London Zoo have been faced by that problem and they have turned to ultraviolet rays after finding that surgical boots did not straighten the bent, weak bones well enough. For five minutes daily the elephant is drenched with ultraviolet rays from a powerful mercury vapor lamp. The further treatment includes daily massage with coconut oil and a diet of oranges, grapes and bananas, biscuits and two buckets of condensed milk. The Book of the Day THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY HER MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. By
the Day THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY HER MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. By Nellie Bartley. (The George A. Doran Company. New York; 92.) In "Her Mother’s Daughter" Nellie Bartley has written a novel which is uncommonly interesting as a study of heredity and parental influence. The mother Beaumont—Mrs. Jules August Beaumont—of Swiss peasant stock; her husband is a Swiss pastry-cook. As immigrants they settle in one of the smaller but more aristocratic cities of New York State. They start a bakery which, thanks to the business ability of Mme. Beaumont, eventually becomes the nucleus of a pie and cake trust, the first link
nucleus of a pie and cake trust, the first link in a vast chain of bakeries. The reader, however, is not asked to interest himself in the pies and cakes, except incidentally. The study to which Miss Bartley has devoted herself is the familiar problem of new and ambitious immigrant stock set down among families rapidly going to seed. New brains versus old blood. Brains win, of course. Gloria Cornes Back. Gloria, Mrs. Beaumont's daughter (the father has died), breaks down social barriers and marries into the oldest family in Rutledge. But Gloria, besides being of the second generation, polished
Rutledge. But Gloria, besides being of the second generation, polished in the most fashionable girls’ school of Manhattan, is also a reversion to even more primitive generations lying behind her father and her mother. She has a near love affair—near enough to alienate her from her husband, from whom she is divorced. However, it does not come to marriage between herself and the second man. She marries a bankrupt nobleman when her mother dies—bankrupt! What occurs after this turn of affairs need not be detailed. The really sturdy and valuable element in the Beaumont strain comes uppermost in Gloria and
element in the Beaumont strain comes uppermost in Gloria and eventually, she is welcomed back into the inner circle of Rutledge, this time for her real value and not for her money as at first. Sentiment has been studiously avoided and a logical sequence of cause and effect has been maintained. There are falterings in the narrative and the dialogue is not entirely satisfactory, but these faults are outweighed by the virtues of the tale. It is a sound piece of work. American Library in Paris. Among the recent additions to the American Library in Paris are the following books:—"The
to the American Library in Paris are the following books:—"The Agrarian Movement in North Dakota," by P. R. Possum; "The Ordinance-Making Powers of the President of the United States," by James Hart; "Incentives in the New Industrial Order," by J. A. Hobson; "Our Federal Republic," by H. P. Judson; "Whether Bound," by F. D. Roosevelt; "Education and the Good Life," by B. A. W. Russell; "The English Language in America," by G. P. Krapp; "Heredity," by A. F. Shull; "Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting in Business Management," by Percival White; "Pantomimes for the Children's Theatre," by M. A. Jagendorf; "Representative American
for the Children's Theatre," by M. A. Jagendorf; "Representative American Plays—1767-1923," edited by A. H. Quinn; "China; An Analysis," by F. G. Goodnow; "Rahvadia; A True Romance of the South Seas," by C. H. Smith; "Plain-towns of Italy; The Cities of Old Venetia," by E. R. Williams, Jr.; "Stevenson in Monterey; or An Afternoon with Jules Simoneau," by V. P. Franklin; "An Alabama Student, and Other Biographical Sketches," by Sir William Osler, Bart.; "New England in the Republic, 1776-1850," by J. T. Adams; "The Growth of the United States," by R. V. Harlow; "Broken Earth," by Maurice Hindus, and "How
R. V. Harlow; "Broken Earth," by Maurice Hindus, and "How to Distinguish the Saints in Art by Their Costumes, Symbols and Attributes," by Arthur De Bles. PEPPER AND SALT VERSEPIGRAMS Love, money, health and youth sweet Paradise do bound; hatred, failure, exile build Purgatory’s mound. Men, yet but appearances are greater than they know: infinity in possibilities if development they show. Many situations tragic we must place at Plato’s door and blame for things ridiculous that happen by the score. It is wise that we should understand when we our efforts make through life, that the way of the world
efforts make through life, that the way of the world from beginning was planned on a structure of worrisome pain and strife. In God forgives and man forgets, but woman—Oh, how clever! for she forgives most everything—remembering all for ever. JAMES G. CONNER, "A business which thinks it needs money desperately never does need money—it needs better management." —Henry Ford. Within the next five years the British Empire, by means of aviation, will be knit together as it has never been before. —Sir Alan Cobham. "Character is like bells which ring out sweet music and which, when touched, accidentally even,
ring out sweet music and which, when touched, accidentally even, resound with sweet music." —Phillips Brooks. BY POPULAR REQUEST It was but a few weeks before election. The meeting was called to order by the chairman. But one man besides the presiding officer was présent. “Whom do you nominate?” enquired the presiding official. “Myself,” was the answer. “Do you accept the nomination?” “Well, no.” “That being the case, we shall be glad to hear another name presented. Whom do you nominate?” “Myself.” “You accept the nomination?” “No.” “For the third time, whom do you wish to nominate?” The man rose,
time, whom do you wish to nominate?” The man rose, with a smile of satisfaction spread over his face, as he answered proudly: “Having been three times solicited by my fellow citizens to accept the nomination, I can no longer decline to accede to their wishes.” He smilingly retired, candidate for office. HISTORY In the reign of the great Emperor Lu T’ang Chu, Wise men were ordered to inscribe in a book All the vast body of wisdom that men knew— Today I turn the pages, and as I look I cannot see anything very new or old, And I
I cannot see anything very new or old, And I wonder why it was worth the trouble, then, Of days and nights and a thousand labors untold Which the volume must have exacted from those wise men. But still we write... Still we inscribe all that is humanly known, Although no ruler honors us for our pains— Recording a thousand wisdoms, all our own, To celebrate our good and glorious reigns. —Arthur Davidson Ficke. WHAT ARE “CROISSANTS” ? How many people in France have ever stopped to wonder whether croissants are cakes or bread or "where the crisp fresh rolls
are cakes or bread or "where the crisp fresh rolls are made before they reach the breakfast table?" A matter of no importance. But at Nîmes (Gard) the answer to this question has got to be found whether or not citizens would have fresh croissants on Sunday. Owners of baking places of bakeries agreed to close all shops on Sunday. A French law empowers the Prefect to issue a decree forcing all bakeries to abide by the agreement. Shops where croissants were sold were included in the ban. A pastry-cook maintained that he was working in an entirely different profession
maintained that he was working in an entirely different profession from that of baker, and demanded the right to sell croissants on Sunday. He won. WARDEN: You are to be executed in the morning. Have you any last requests to make. PRISONER: Yes, I’d like some shock absorbers. THE SKY GAME It is the day of the big game. In the stand a fair damsel nestles into her Hudson sealskin coat of muskrat fur, and adjusts her complexion with a scrap of chamois skin which once covered a young goat. Her hero jogs on to the field in his brown
Her hero jogs on to the field in his brown canvas mole skin and receives the pigskin of sheep’s hide from a student manager clad in oilskin of paraffined linen. This is his last chance to star on the gridiron, for next June he will get his sheepskin, nicely printed off the best bond. But, alas, it is not to be, for the whistle blows and he takes a place on the bench. He is only a substitute himself. —Life. MY SWEET BROWN GIRL Down in my old cabin was mammy’s toast, Potatoes in the fire laying down to roast;
mammy’s toast, Potatoes in the fire laying down to roast; No one dares to cross me, got no talking pal, But I got the company of my sweet brown girl. So I spend my evening listening to her sing, Like a blessed angel; how her voice do ring! Sweeter than a bluebird fluttering here and there, When he sees the streaming of the newly ploughed ground. Then I hug her closer, closer to my breast. Needn’t sing, my darling, take your honest rest. Do I mean Malindy, Mandy, Liz or Sal? No, I mean my fiddle—that’s my sweet brown girl!
Sal? No, I mean my fiddle—that’s my sweet brown girl! —Paul Laurence Dunbar. ALARM CLOCK FOR HENS When the Duke of York opened the new National Institute of Poultry Husbandry attached to the Harper Adams Agricultural College at Newport (Shropshire) this week, he was much interested in an alarm clock which automatically switches on electric light. It was explained that this device is provided to give the hens an extra hour’s light in the morning, resulting in a larger production of eggs. SCHOOLS. DENNY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 12 Rue de Sévres, Boulogne-sur-Seine Founded 1897. French household. Small summer camp in
Sévres, Boulogne-sur-Seine Founded 1897. French household. Small summer camp in Brillany. E. P. DENNY, M.A. (Oxon), Licencié ès Lettres (Paris), Officier de l'Instruction Publique. M. Wojciechowski, ex-President of the Polish Republic, will resume his former duties as professor of économies at the Higher School of Commerce in Warsaw. He has also been appointed director of the Institute of the Science of Cooperation in Warsaw. M. Aristide Briand, eight times French Premier and now Minister for Foreign Affairs, is to have his name perpetuated in the Rumanian capital by having a street named after him. The Municipal Council of Bucharest has
street named after him. The Municipal Council of Bucharest has voted to change the name of one of the principal thoroughfares in the centre of the city to “Avenue Briand.” It is explained that it is the “Man of Locarno, Geneva and Thoiry, the Apostle of Peace,” whom the municipality desires to honor, rather than Briand the French statesman. In a case in London in which a £55,000 will is being contested, the cross-examination of a witness has been adjourned owing to the illness of Sir Edward Marshall-Hall, K.C., leading counsel in the case. The case is one in the
counsel in the case. The case is one in the Probate Division of the High Court, but perhaps Sir Edward is better known as an advocate in the Criminal Courts, one of his most famous cases being his brilliant defense of Greenwood when the latter was acquitted of the charge of murdering his wife. Sir Edward is sixty-eight years of age and was educated at Rugby and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1883 and became a bencher in 1910. He lives near Godalming, is an excellent shot, and has a good handicap at golf.
an excellent shot, and has a good handicap at golf. THE WOMAN OF THE DAY The assertion of Sir Thomas Beecham, composer and conductor, that England is “disgusting” from a musical point of view, brought only the simple comment of “He knows best” from Dr. Richard Strauss, the Austrian composer, who arrived in London yesterday on his way to Manchester. Dr. Strauss only shook his head when his opinion of musical England was asked. Among the bequests made in the will of Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, which has been filed for probate in New York, the largest is that of
for probate in New York, the largest is that of $310,000 to the Anthony Home for Working Girls, which Mrs. Vanderbilt constructed. Sums of $10,000 each are left to the Woman’s Hospital, the Children’s Aid Society, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Several pieces of family jewelry and $3,000 in cash go to Lady Eileen Forbes, daughter of the Earl of Granard. A sum of $25,000 in cash is left to Lady Louise Montague, daughter of the Duke of Manchester. A life income from a trust fund of $200,000 is given to Mrs. Rose De Wolfe
fund of $200,000 is given to Mrs. Rose De Wolfe Post, a sister of Mrs. Vanderbilt; her husband, Mr. William Post, is to receive $50,000 in cash and a life share in his wife’s trust. The remainder of the estate will be divided into equal trusts for Mrs. Thomas H. Huygh-b and Mrs. James L. VanJoseph R. Hayes, the Personal Secretary of President Lincoln and the first man to give aid to him when he was shot in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, has died in New York. He was ninety-four years old. Mr. George Alexander Harwood, a Vice-President of the
years old. Mr. George Alexander Harwood, a Vice-President of the New York Central Railroad, died yesterday in hospital at White Plains, New York, after an operation. He was fifty-one years old. Mr. Harwood had been on the staff of the railroad since 1900. In 1906 he was in charge of the construction of the Grand Central Terminal and improvements in connection with the electrification of lines to Peekskill and North White Plains. A widow and two children survive him. M. René Fournets, for more than thirty years one of the leading bass singers on the French operatic stage, has died
leading bass singers on the French operatic stage, has died at Pau (Basses-Pyrénées), his native town. M. Fournets was sixty-seven years old. He made his début in 1884 at the Opéra-Comique in the part of Frère Laurent in "Roméo et Juliette," later he sang Mephistophélès in "Faust," at the Opéra, and left for a time to direct musical enterprises in South America. On his return to France he became a teacher of singing and occasionally appeared in concerts. Comings and Goings. The Hamburg, of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, called at Boulogne-sur-Mer today, for New York from Hamburg. Among her passengers are