VOL. L
FIRST WOMAN TO BE
DIPLOMATIC ENVOY
Appointment by Russia
Makes New Step;
I Washington, D. C.—"The recent
promotion of Madame Alexandra Kol
lontai to be the full-fledged 'envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary' from Soviet Russia to Norway
at the same time that Professor Timo-
thy A. Smiddy Is given a similar po
sition in Washington from heretofore
envoyless Ireland, makes diplomatic
history," says a bulletin from the
"Washington, D. C„ headquarters of
the National Geographic society. -
! "Madame Kollontai is the first
feminine 'minister plenipotentiary' to
enter the diplomatic corps, continues
the Dulletin, "since that specific posi
tion and body were recognized by the
;congress of Vienna in 1815 and the
follow-up congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
In 1818; and she Is one of the very
few women ever to become an envoy
of a sovereign state. Catherine of
Aragon is the most famous predeces
sor of Madame Kollontai, and she
•hardly deserves a similar classifica
tion. While she was princess of
i'Wales, her father, Ferdinand the
Catholic, named her his ambassador
to the court of Henry VII. It was a
hollow honor, largely to increase her
prestige with the English.
Woman Minister Real Worker.
"Madame Kollontai Is considered to
have won her laurels by real work on
behalf of her government while see
ing for the past two years as charge
'd'affaires In Norway. She success
fully negotiated recognition of the
Soviet government by Norway, settled
the controversy between the two
countries over Spitsbergen, and ob
tained an official Norwegian guaran
tee of Soviet credit in purchasing
huge supplies of fish for Russia,
i "The appointment of Professor
Smiddy is somewhat less precedent
smashing. From the Sixteenth cen
tury until the beginning of the Nine
teenth the component states of the so
called Holy Roman empire sent envoys
to foreign courts. The situation was
not entirely parallel with that of the
modern British 'empire*' however, for
the 'Holy Roman emperor, was never
represented by envoys—on the theory
:that his dignity too great. The
simultaneous existence now of an
ambassador from an over-state and n
minister from one of its component
parts, sets a true precedent.
"The growth of the diplomatic corps
as AD Institution has been alo\v ( Spe
cial envoys undoubtedly were sent
from court to court of the earliest his
toric empires sych as those of Egypt
and Babylonia. Later In Grecian, Ro
man and Byzantine days the practice
was fairly common. But In nil such
cases," as far as history discloses, the
messengers were sent to transact spe
cific business and returned as soon as
possible to report the results of their
1 mission.
; "In the west the republic of Venice
seems to have been the pioneer In the
| establishment of embassies. In the
,Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries the
| terms of Venetian envoys were limit
ed to two or three ynonths. Strict
rales hedged them rxind. Any gifts
; received from courts visited must be
: turned over to the republic and writ
ten reports had to be filed with the
senate. In the Fifteenth ceptury the
ambassadorial term was extended to
a maximum of two years and in the
Sixteenth century, to three years.
First Embassies in Italy.
; "The earliest record of the appoint
ment of a resident ambassador—
though probably this was not the first
ambassador so appointed—was in re
gard to the sending in 1455 of an en
voy from the Duke of Milan to reside
at Genoa. One of the first permanent
J embassies outside Italy was created
In 1404 when Milan sent a minister to
take up bis residence at the court of
France. In the same year a Spanish
ambassador went to reside In London.
This is believed to be the oldest sur
viving diplomatic post In existence.
By the second half of the Sixteenth
century resident embassies had i»e
--| ►—j»ot-n!>«i means of intercgurse
behretn important countries.
[ "Tie term, 'ambassador,' was given
to the world by Venice where It first
'appeared In the form 'ambaslator* In
la decree of 1268. At first there were
'no deems among the envoys of states.
The s ■!% MS>dor was considered the
I vicar of his sovereign and was , re
ceived with royal honors and had to
m.lpt.ln a SOTt Of little COQlt. ThlS
became eaabsrrssstag botb because of
the expense and became It was a
lie—Hi ap In attaMac to business.
The custom grew, therefore, of send
ing lees important individuals as en
voys or messengers. These, not
hsflged about by poop, proved much
more efficient agents. Later again It
•became customary to accord the rank
of the envoy to the Importance of tbe
jcoontry sending or receiving him, and
a gradation in representatives grew
g*" *
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
: VIKINGS' CHARTS
SOURCE OF WONDER
Astonish American Naval
Officers in Iceland.
Reykjavik, Iceland.—American na
val officers who visited Ireland In con
nection with the globe-encircling flight
of the American aviators, were greatly
interested in the navigation methods
of the old vikings who, more than
1,000 years ago, sailed their little ves
sels, without compasses or other In
struments, across the storm-beaten
north Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland
and even the shores of North Amer
ica.
Even tqdn.v the charts of these wa
ters are largely based on observations
and soundings made by whalers and
the early explorers, scores of years
VPO, and the few large vessels that
today visit these seas proceed with
the utmost caution.
Sailing directions, the "Bible of the
Sea," lire carefully consulted, and
when new soundings are made the
results are sent to the different gov
ernments for Incorporation In the
charts.
But when Lelf Erlcson and the
Other advent urolls old Norsemen of
more than ten centuries ago set out on
their dangerous\voyages there were
no charts, and the stars were the only
directional guides.
The observations they made were
for centuries the only sailing direc
tions, and were chanted, in the form
of sngns, as the galleys swept o\1?r the
rough seas. Some of these sagas exist
today, and old pilots at Reykjavik are
familiar with the lore they contain.
. One of these, describing the journey
from Norway to Greenland, not only
takes account of the physical features
to be watched for, but advises the
navigators to keep a lookout for the
birds and whales that mark the ap
proaches to the Icelandic coast.
A naval officer who made a study of
this route found it was almost a per
fect great-circle, or shortest sailing
route, worked out without any scien
tific aids by navigators who probably
could neither read nor write.
Easter Island Weathers
Submarine Disturbances
Leipzig.—Easter island, In the south
I'acilic, which recently was reported
to have vanished In a submarine con
vulsion, still waves its palms in the air.
Capt. Alfred Kllng sends to Illustri
erte Zeltung an account of some of Its
peculiarities.
"In former times," the captain
writes, "the tribes and clans on the
island lived in constant warfare with
each other. The captives were eaten.
Many human bones still lie about in
the caves of the island. The original
Kanakas had a very queer cult, for
Which they built gigantic statues of
lava-
" "Srtme of these monuments, carry a,
mysterlou3 hieroglyphic script. There
are about 555 of these giants, the tok
ens of former civilization.
"The Island people own wild chick
ens and p:?:s.
"I could never quite find out how
marital conditions were on the Island.
It seemed to me that marriage among
members of the same household was
prohibited. A violation of this law
was punished by putting botli offend
ers to death. Otherwise there was
complete prennptial freedom. Cau
tious fathers shut their daughters up."
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% Explorer's Estate to
Go to University *
* New York.—The University *
% of the state of New York* which |
* is virtually the state department *
of education, is made the ultl- *
* mate beneficiary of the entire *
* estate of the late Herbert L. *
* Brldgeman, author, explorer and *
* regent of the university, in his *
* will filed for probate in the sur- *
* rogate's court, Brooklyn.
S The value of the e#tate Is de- £
* 'scribed only as "over $15,000." 2
jjj During her life the testator's X
* ' widow. .Jfab ,Melen ,
%
* Brooklyn, will receive the entire *
* income, after which the prlnd- *
* pal will be divided in two equal X
* parts. A granddaughter. Miss *
i Katherine - Bridgenton, 180 Arl- *
* lngton avenue, Jersey City, will *
* receive the Income from one *
1 share, or as much of It'as the J
J trustees, the Brooklyn Trust *
* company and Allen H. Hpooner,
2 shall consider she needs. L'n- *
* der similar sui»crflsion the in- X
Scome from the remainder will *
(jo to a grandson, Herbert Law- X
rence Brldgeman, of the same *
2 address. ♦
* Surplus income of any year J
{ will l>e paid to the university, *
* to V'lilch the principal reverts *
£ l»m the death:, of the grand- *
| Mldren.
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GRAHAM, N. C., HHURJ4DAY, NOTBMBEK 20, 1924
Ingenious Scheme Kaept
Parental Line Intact
Respect for one's elders Is a
praiseworthy custom, which, neverthe
less, may be carried too fur, J. D.
Newsnn observes In Adventure Maga
zine. On Raga, In the New Hebrides,
it Ims become quite bad form to let
one's parents die. Of course, It Is
rather difficult to keep them alive If
tliey fall out of a tree and break their
necks, or meet a shark while they are
swimming about in mid-ocean, and ex
treme old age Is also responsible for
many casualties.
Even 80, the respected parent must
not die; he must, on the Contrary, live
more vitally than ever, and the practl
cal-mlnded Indigenes have found a
perfectly simple solution to this awk
ward problem. - They go to the next
village or a neighboring Island and
buy a child of the desired sex, whom
they adopt—as their father, mother or
grandparent* as the case may require.
The child is given the deceased's
name, rank and precedence. He Is
treated with every mark of respect
formerly accorded the real relative —
at least when the occasion calls for
ceremony.
This makes for astonishing confu
sion among reiatlres, and It drew from
one visitor, who came from another
island, the scornful comment:
"Raga! Oh, that is the place where
they marry their granddaughters!"
Where ln»eet» Are Food
In Mexico live tribes of Indians who
eat a kind of bread made in great part
of the eggs of notonectes, which are
large water bugs. The honey ants,
swelled with sweet matter, are used
for a dessert in Central America. The
natives of Africa make bread with the
termites, while those of Brazil prepare
them with a sauce.
Several Chinese peoples find cater
pillars and the chrysalises of the silk
worm excellent food. They, an fried
in butter oil, with the addition of yolk
of egg and other' ingredients. "-The
Hovas of Madagascar regale them
selves with the chrysalises of the bom
byx, which are often fried or boiled.
Natives of Australia: eat jnoths, which
they pursue and. catch with the aid of
torches. > They are flrat dried and then
their wings are removed.
European "Holy Gratf
Sweet-grass, or vanilla grass, is the
holy grass of Europe, which la strewn
before churches and religious proces
sions. It Is the Material irom which
the Indians Of Abe St...Lawrence re
gion weave, when dry, their thin
walled baskets, and which, when made
of the genuine gnus, retnln an odor of
new-mown hay Indefinitely.
Another sweet gxasadoes.aot ia-the
least resemble-grass, harlag' alriilaand
white flowers like tiny tUO4s w«es.
When dried, It Js trafaant, however.
The name is given, also, to cortaln
other plants, most of which are fra
grant, especially in drying. A sweet,
vernal grass is found-in fields and
meadows over nearly the whole of
America.
Wonder» of Insmct World
The champloh aeronaut Is the king
grasshopper, which has the ability to
jump 100 times its length, and can
sail for 1,000 miles before the wind.
The cricket Is a powerful singer, its
shrill note sometimes being heard a
mile away. The males, alone are mu
sical, and the females listen to their
melodious woolngs with ears which are
on their forelegs. Being so musical, it
would hardly be expected that they
would be such fighters among them
selves as they are, or cannibals, eating
members of their own species when
there is not enough othea food at
hand.—Oar Dumb Animals.
Old Harvost Custom
Tears ago In the Middle West, when
wheat was harvested with sickle anil
rake, it was the custom, when the last
shock was capped and finished, to
stack all the rakes around It, thrust
the sickle Into it, and then the whole
company of harvesters formed a circle
and at a signal given by the captain
of the reapers gave three cheers. They
listened for the echo. If it fvplied
three tiroes* It .If* accounted a good
" This Wtl
known aa the atWDui* calL A blaat of
a horn from, (he cabin waa heard !■
answer to it and the harvest *u
ended.
Resourceful Mr. Beanpole
Mr. Beanpole waa somewhat aenal
tlve about past fall urea. It beta* hla
Job to look after the planta and Jtold
fl*h when Mra. Beanpole went away.
So thla time be picked out a rear
bathroom, pot the flali In the tab,
turned on n gentle at ream and range J
the planta under the eaves to catch the
overflow. Surplus water Merely
trickled down the back ntam. and
der the kitchen door-lato the yard.
Such were the arrangements greet
lng Mr*. Beanpole upon her return.
There waa a moderate amount of dam
age to plaater and linoleums, bat the
goldfish and the plants were merer
more flourishing.
BANK OF "ENGLAND
IS TOBE REBUILT
Temporary Quarters Se
cured in Another Building.'
Iondop.—After .functioning In the
I heart of London's "richest square
mile" fur 290 year*, the Hunk of Kog
land will oeu«e to exist an -the '*Hd
Lady of Threadnet-dle Straet" on" Ha
present site ut the end of ttiln year.
While not exactly undergoing H re
juvenating process, this national flnnn
cial institution will he entirely rebuilt
to meet modern needs.
In the meantime the huge financial
operations connected with the nation's
discounting of bills, financing .the gov
ernment und dealing with millions of
interest payments on war loans and
treasury hills will be hundled In a
comparatively new block of building*
about a quarter of a mile away in
Klnsburg Circus. Here will be the
home of the "old ludy" for about two
years.
Strong rooms are being constructed
In the new premises for the valuablt
private und government securities,
which total around .£125,000,000 ster
ling, and for the reception of £J2B,-
000,000 worth of gold liars and coin
held as reserve against notes issued.
Some of these valuable securities al
ready have been deposited In the new
vaults, but the bullion goes later In
horse-drawn iorrles.
During .the juuvlag process no
strangers are allowed -to assist in
.haniliisg Aehmtdneds of tons of treas
ures.iafee whole work (wing carried
out by therfrank's —mini ataff.
Intemt in Life Her
Secret ef Keeping*Vouag
vw
Mrs. Lois Dyer of Ashtteld, Mass*
who at the' age of seventy-sir 4a han
dling •several hundred telephone falls
every day. She Is the oldest telephone
>operator In New England and her
phileeophy Is werth a lot: "Myea
*antto keep young -have an iMseast
In life."
FrmaMmh Trams
Ail explorer In the feieats of north
ern India has foam*- • tree that gives
■n electric abode to any one "who
touches It. The Intensity of the shock
varies with the time of 4ay, the cor
rent being at its strongest at 2 p. m.
Pew peeple reall* the extraordinary
properties with * which nature has en
dowed some trees. In Nubia, fer mai
pie, there is.* tree, the sofar, that
piays tunes, a«atartllng. effect due .to
the boring of numerous Insects at the
basei ol the yeeax shoot*. Hie wind,
playing through the tiny apertures,
produces a series of flnte-Hke notes.
.X Canadian prairie tree, known as
the compass tree, Is an infallible guide
to travelers, the edges of its leaves al
ways pointing north sad south. .
In Arizona there is a tree which, on
being touched, actually raffles Ha
leaves and tries to arare off the •**-
tender by ''
Too Unlucky
A visitor In Kentucky came acroM
that rare .specimen, an unmarried col
ored man.
The negro was a qolet. elderly per
son, not afclfttosa bat quite Industri
ous, so the Northern man felt carious
« (Marnkiad to ind oat why be had
•MHMIIMI aiaglc.
""Cadetta.bow*ae«lt happeatfcat
f»«MKWiii to mrnttmmyr
Yfce,oM"fdUowk>afcedap with a
■mm wm am he n»IMH "Me, Mh? I
■WI orpssnri to uwlitassy "
' -Well, why Is H you lace nerermar
tfMT bis toqjolaltor eontlaoed.
"Mtm'l yea seen etiyeee yea Mfced V
"Lawdy! yesMah—but yon see Ifs
tMaaway; I couldn't rssk my jod*-
■MOt"
FOREST CHIEF TELLS
OF HAWAIIAN BIRDS
Describe* Visit to the Bird
Forest
Honolulu.—One of the attractions
of the territory of Hawaii Is the hlfrl
forest in the Hawallun National park.
A vlilt to the spot Is described by
Charles Kraebel, assistant superinten
dent of forestry of the territory. The
forest is known locally as "Klpuka
Puaulu," which means "An oasis of
flowering trees."
The trail to the bird forest lends
from the Volcano house, ut the edge
of the crater of Kllauea, past sulphur
banks and steam cracks, and along the
path of Mauna Loa, through u low
growth of Hawaiian heather und
scrubby trees until open forests and
smooth turf meet the eye. Two ancient
peach trees stand at the threshold of
the forest. Describing the scene, Mr.
Kraebel says:
"Two flashes of red across the green
branches* are seen. It Is the birds, the
scarlet llwl and the crimson upapane,
darting from tree to tree, und pausing
among the flowers of the ohla to ob
tain food from the bright red blossoms.
When they have gained the tree tops
they are almost lnstuntly lost to view,
and the keenest vision Is needed to dis
tinguish their .brilliant bodies from the
equally- brilliant ohia flowers. Plum
ing a bird In red In order to protect it
seems to be a paradox of nature when
the bird is compelled to seek its own
protection among the red flowers of a
tall tree.
Kndlsss Twlttsr.
"An endless twitter of birds swells
Into louder notes in which is heard the
sweet, Insistent song of the apanane,
the clear ta-wset, ta-weet, ta-weet-ah,'
of ttra llwl -with it*' remarkable flute
like quality and a whistle of the
elepaio, repeating at intervals the
syllables of its native name, and al
ways quaintly accenting the 'pa.' An
other timid 'ta-weet,' distinguishable
through all the other bird songs Is the
call of the amaklhl, the fourth of tills
quartet of birds most commonly seen
In the volcano region, a little greenish
yellow chap, quite inconspicuous In
the forest
"Generations ago, when tare* on
feathers were levied by the native
chiefs, an accurate knowledge of the
bird* win real essential to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness for
the Hawallalfc?
Mr. Kraebel says the most friendly of
tlie four native hlrds now seen in the
Klpuka Puaulu is the elepalo, which
"is wren-like In the boldness of Its
approach In satisfying its curiosity
concerning forest visitors, wren-like
again In the flirt of Its fan-shaped tall
and the tilt of Its saucy head." Mr.
Kraebel further described the bird:
"In spite of these forward qualities,
which would expose such a
bird to more rapid extinction than Its
fellows, the "elepalo has no£°" only re
sisted contact with civilization, but
has adapted Itself to changed condi
tions and has multiplied, as so bright
and self-reliant a bird should do. The
etepalo is garbed In a modest brown
coat, which no one ever cared to use
for capes and other royal habiliments
at the native chiefs, and so loug as
there were bugs to eat, the little fly
catcher continued to thrive and grow
bold, while his neighbors, the black
rnamo black o-o, each unfortu
nately blessed with a few tufts of yel
low feathers, have long ago been
bunted to extinctioiM* furnish guuds
for royalty,* 1 —"
Soma Varistiea Extinct.
Mr. Kraebel says the extinction of
SMine birds has been due in mime
cases through the Inability to obtain
the highly specialized food which they
required. I' 'ielleves that through
centuries 01 olutlon certain birds
developed especially constructed beaks
suited only to drain nectar from cer
tain flowers, or to crack the seHx •?
particular trees, nnd when the»e
trees were unable themselves to re
sist the inarch of civilization nml An
ally dlaappeared, the birds which de
pended upon tliem for aubslMtcm-e
starved to death. He nays:
"A few species, for no upparent
cause, have simply grown less and
leas In numbers, until today they ure
no longer fodnd. Domestic cats gone
wild have been responsible for the ex
tinction of other species. Thus, in
varioea ways, the total number «f in
digenous bird species In the Hawai
ian islands has dropped from MS to
Hfl, and of these three dozen species
many are so rare that they are sel
dom seen.
"In spite of thl« fact the common
Impression absorbed by the stranger
in Hawaii, that "there are no more
Hawaiian blvia," la wrvatvni. Es-
eeptlng the shore bird*, and the wqter
lorlng kind, nott of our native bird*
are toda?,_as tbejr have slwuyi been,
ronflned to the dsaseljr fareated re
gions. It 1* for fhis reason that so
few people are sble to>v the bird*
at all, or to become acqiMttitpd with
more than the four whose hardihood
enable them to remain so abundant
. ■ _
near the volcano.
"Let the bird lover he consoled, for
nowhere are the native birds more)
numerous, and nowhere in the terri
tory will the enthuslnst find n greater
Hawaii than here In the IClpukn I'uau
lul."
Actors in Germany Idle
Berlin. —It Is estimated that 000 out
of every 1,000 actors and actresses of
the Berlin theatcr are without Jobs
this fall. A great many of the ploy*
houses aro closed.
The situation in filmdom Is also in
the doldrums.
Never Taught to Speak,
Children Grew Up Dumb
Akbar, one of the first of the great
moguls who ruled India, lias been
named the Asiatic Charlemagne. He
was a statesman and an educator, and
built a palace for the reception of men
who loved learning and sought after
wisdom. The great mogul's passion
for knowledge Is said to have been
shown by a whimsical experiment M
once made to determine if it was true,
as lie had heard, that Hebrew was the
natural language of all who had never
been taught any other tongue.
To tost tliis assertion Akbur caused
a dozen nursing children lit be shut tip
In a castle, six leagues from Agra, his
capital city, Kuch child was reared
by a dumb nurse; the porter nlso was
a mute and wits forbidden, upon pain
of death, to open the gates of the cas
tle. When the children were twelve
years otd Akbur ordered them to be
brought before hint. ,
Men learned In Sanskrlf, in Arabic,
In Persian and In Hebrew were assem
bled at the royal palace to tell what
languages the children spoke. Akbar,
seated on Ids throne and surrounded
by these linguists, ordered the children
to be brought In. Each child wns ad
dressed and, to the surprise vf the
assembly, every one answered by a
sign. Not a child could speak a word.
They hud nil learned from their, nurses
to express themselves by gestures.
Ancient Plate Prized
by Historical Society
*The Verendrye plate, a square bit
of leaden plate, is said to be the most
celebrated, bit of matter In South Da
kota's history. It reposes In the capi
tal building at IMerre, In possession of
the South Dakota Historical society.
It was found burled In the earth near
Pierre In lffl7. '
This remarkable plate was prepared
either In France or In .Montreal at the
request of the older Verendrje, and
In anticipation of the expedition of
1741, which had been planned by his
eldest son I'lerre, Into the Mamlatt
country In the far wilderness of
America. .It Is thought that the ex
plorers planted the plate on the banks
of the Missouri, opposite what Is now
Pierre, on the hill where It was found.
It bears, translated from French, this
Inscription:
"In the twenty-sixth yerrr of the
reign of Louis XV, the most Illustri
ous Lord, the Lord Marquis of ISeau
harnols being Viceroy, 1751, Pierre
Gaultier de I.averendrye placed this."
—Detroit News.
Romcn Soldier Figures
in Crucifixion Legend
In the legendary lore of the church,
the soldier who pierced the side d?
Christ '« the cross with the spear has
been eitlle:! I.onglnus. This laan, un
founded tradition said, was one of the
soldiers appointed to guard the cross,
and was led to become a follower of
Christ through the miracles which at
tended the rrucitixlon. lie was also set
with tli" bard who watched the sepul
eher and was the only one who re
fused to be bribed by money to say
that the body of Christ bad been
Stolen by the disciples.
For his fidelity to the truth, I'llnte
resolved on his destruction; but for a
time I.onginiis managed to escape. He
left the army to devote h!m«elf to the
work of the gospel; but ho, did this
without getting legal discharge from
military life.
He and'two of fellow soldiers re
tired (o Cappnflorin, where they began
to preach the gospel, but at the insti
gation of the Jew*, Pilate sent after
them as deserters, them and
had their heads brought h.nclt, to Je
rusalem. •
8o run* the story which may have
a mistake for It* l>a*c. lenglnus being
tlie technical name for a long spear.
Doo&ad or Thingumbob?
Po other races show tin- same love
for Indefinite names and the slime re
sourcefulness in coining them that is
shown by Americans? N
Following Is a list of Indefinite
names recently collected In the On- j
tral West f Thlngnmhoh. thingumajig,
thlngumadoodle, dingus, dingbat, doo
funny, doolnd, doodaddle. ' doogood,
doollickus, doojohn. doohickey, doo-
Itobbus, iloohiddy, doowhackey, gadget, !
fuinadhldle. dlr turn, jigger, faku»,
kadigin, thuinadoodle. optri.ulniii, ring
uinajlg, htMipcndnddy, dibble.—Ameri
can Mercury.
NO. 42
FAKE FURNITURE IS
NEWEST OF SWINDLES
Seekers After Antiques in
England Are Duped.
London.—Of the making of many
different kinds of fakes there seens i
to he no end. fjJlB
There have been faked picture® ever
since artists first began to use paints. J
There nre so many faked Rembrandt*
In existence that few prospective par
chasers will complete a deal for one
of the great Dutchman's works with- »,
out consulting an expert. -
Just now an unusually active busi
ness In fnked furniture Is reported.
"This Is an age of faked furniture,"
proprietor of a West End gal
lery. "One cornea across It every
where. It Is certainly more plentiful
than genuine furniture.
"Mo«it of It Is sold In the first place
for what It Is, accurate imitation, but
later Itjomes into the market In the
ordinary way to be sold as the real
thing. Some of the modern faking of
•Tacnbeun furniture is so good that It j
frequently deceives experts.
"The number of Tudor tables which
are on the market Is enormous. There
Is about one for every six houses of
Tudor days. Of course, most of them
are clever fakes."
A favorite device of the fakers Just
now is to' plant their reproductions,
cnrefully matured and dust-covered, in
rural Kngllsh homes, where they are
cncerK: snapped up by unsuspecting
purchasers who go through the coun
tryside looking for antiques.
He&d*or Feet—Eileen
Stands on Either End
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Meet Eileen, who looks ai the world
from nn unusual angle. The year-old
acrobat was "never taught the trick;
Just does U because she enjoys it and
she sfnnds on her feet with equal
ease. If pot with equal pleasure. But
the mm* at St. Ann's Maternity hoa-
pltal, IQ Cleveland, where Eileen (as
yet she has no surname) made her
bow, are worried, for all the other
hnhtes In the ward are trying to learn
the trick and, as one doctor said:
"Imagine a whole ward full of babies
standing on their heads." Eileen haa
t>een performing this stunt since n»e
was eh'ht months old.
Japanese "Hello" Cirla i
Telephone oi*?rntors In Japan are
cnlled "nioshi moshl" girls, the term'
being the Japanese equivalent for|
hello. These operators are required to'
weitr a unffonn costume consisting of
n sort i)l skirt . called a "hakarna,"]
which Is worn over a working kimono
of coarse white elotlt. The sleeves of
the kimono arc not as full as those of
an ifitillnury kimono and are tied with'
a cord Just below the elbow to pre-j
vent them from Interfering with the
movements of the operator's hands.
The hakama has a BUFII tied in front.'
This attire Is completed by a pair of,
white cloth-foot covers ahd straw san
dals. -They ,wear no stockings, s which
is a ctfstojn peculiar to all Japanese
women," except those who adopt for
eign style*.
Modern Life
Perhaps modern life too much ab
sorbs and fatigues the spirit, insisting
that every man, even he of bumble
circumstances, shall learn and do too
many things; so thut he has neither
the ielMire nor the will to test ideals,
r.nd. sounding them, to stir his Imagi
nation till It transforms them into
something more precious and Impor
tant than the guise in which they first
tvppeured. Modern men are proud of!
their the too active life]
spurns the contemplative, atrophiesthej
Imagination, habituates the spirit to]
h*>eHnj: only concrete things.—GugLi-!
elmn Ferrero.