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VOL. LI ADOBE HOME OF KIT CARSON RESTORED Will Be Preserved as Me morial to Pioneer. r 1 Ja a dusty, narrow street, Just oft the plaza at Taos, N. M., is the orig inal home of Kit Carson, a long, low abode which has recently been re stored from a crumbling half ruin to the rude comfort of Its original state. The simple .house In this ancient Spanish village seems a fitting memo rial to the man who lived in it. Car son was also a man of affairs, a pioneer leader, as fearless in the council chamber as he was on the trail. His shrewd diplomacy won over many an obstacle, add his deeds of daring Were as spectacular as those of a motion picture hero of to day. He was the friend of governors, army officers, Indians and settlers. There fire pioneers In New Mexico to day whose eyes light at the mention of bis name, and his generosity Is still a tradition among Indians and Mexi cans, says a correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. * As a scout, working lone-lianded in the most trying conditions, Carson de veloped a remarkable resourcefulness, combining the Indian's outdoor craft with the white man's natural inherit ance. Men of every sort-come to tlie Taos home seeking Carson's advice and services. He carried government messages of the greatest importance, guided exploring parties, and helped poor Mexicans recover stolen property or perhaps wife or children who had been carried oft by the Indians. His sense o t justice was keen and he un selfishly championed the cause of the oppressed. Like most lovers of the open he liked also a home and a'fire side. His wife was a proud and beau tiful Spanish woman who appreciated his heroic qualities For years the adobe house was left untenanted. Vagrant Indians and Mexicans who remembered Carson as their friend claimed its hospitality. They built mesqulte fires In tlie great fireplace, slept on the floors of the deserted rooms and went their way again. Sand storms picked holes In the walls and roof. Wandering cattle and burros crowded through the brok en doors. Finally the women of Taos decided that the old liouse must be re paired. They gave mnslcal programs tod various other entertainments, and little by little they raised the neces sary money. The fonndation was re built, a new roof pnt on and the adobe walls replastered by native workmen in the traditional fashion. Doors and windows were replaced with gxact du plicates, and the hospitable fireplace again invites the friendly council. Hunt for Live Dinosaur Gayne Qexter, an Australian explor er, Is organising a new expedition In search of the live dlnosatlr which was reported to have been seen in Lake Esguel, In the Andes. Star shells will be carried by tlie expedition to Illuminate the lake at night, when the monster is said to show Itself. A motor launch and big traps will alfo be part of the expedi tion's stores. Mr. Dexter proposes to carry on the work of the late Clementl Onelll. curator of the Buenos Aires zoo, who conducted an unsuccessful search foi the creature two years ago. The Australian explorer declares that the existence of unaccountuble tracks in the neighborhood -.to the lake and the testimony ef more than twelve witnesses indicate that some astonishing monster dwells there. Eels Not Sectional East Is East anS West Is West, but eels are all the same, according to ' Professor Schmidt of Copenhagen, who, In lecturing 'before the Academy of Science, said the European eel and the American eel go to the same spot to reproduce. This spot, says Professor Schmidt, Is northwest of the Antilles, between the forty-eighth and sixtieth degrees longitude, in the jniddle of the Atlantic ocean. Years of close study of the eel has convinced the professor that It takes the average eel three years to make the Journey from the hatching grounds to the American or European ahores, and that a European eel may continue on its voyage, crossing to America or vice versa. Couldn't Fool Her Of course It Isn't te be expected that professional people should know mflch about -housework and cooking, so that newljrweds. out In Hollywood, are fre queot opßtrtbutora to the world's mer- Some'friends'of hen love to tell how BsttyCompso* shortly after ahe mar ried Jimmy Craze, went tilto a Holly • wood.' hardware store to buy him » lunch kit to fine en location. "But this Is round r objected Betty as the do* held up a nlcf shiny din ner p-". "and Jlmmle said be wanted —that would hold a good THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. Cities of Palestinm Once Important Pointt I» ancient Palestine and the adja cent country were two cities bearing the name Caesarea. In #pe case that word formed the entire name; In the other It was part only, the full name being Caesarea Phllippl. Caesarea is mentioned nine times In the Book of Acts. The city bearing this name was situated on the coast of Palestine, on the line of the great road from Tyre to Egypt, and about half way between Joppa, the Jaffa of to day, and Dora. The road skirted the j coast of the Mediterranean. Caesarea i lay northwest of Jerusalem and was about seventy miles distant. ' At one time there stood on this point of the coast merely a town called "Stroto's Tower," with a landing place. The city was built by Herod the Great, of Judea at the time of our Lord's birth and for many years be fore. The city was named after the Itoman emperor, Claudius Caesar. It was the- political capital of Palestine and the residence of the Herodlan kings, and later, when Palestine was a Reman province, the residence of the procurators or governors of Judea, two of whom were Felix and Festus. before whom St. Paul appeared as a prisoner, says the Christian Guardian. Caesarea continued to be a city of some importance even in the time of • the Crusaders in the* Middle ages. The name still lingers in tjie Turkish name given to the place, Kalsarlyeh. The present population Is about 70,000. Ho far as the gospel record goes, Caesarea Phllippl is mentioned only twice—ln St. Matthew 16:13 and St. Mark 8:27, and in accounts of the same transactions. Caesarea Philippl was at the east ernmost and most Important of the two recognized sources of the Blver Jordan and therefore, well to the north. , / The city was built on a limestone terrace In a valley at the base of Mount Herraon. The place with the adjacent territory became part of the district ruled over by Philip, son of Herod the' Great. Philip's title was tetrarch of Trachonitis. He enlarged and embellished tlie town and called It Caesarea Philippl, partly after his own name and partly after that of the Roman, emperor. The modern nam* of the place is Banias. The Jewish historian, Josephns, calls the place Panlum. Birds' Egga of Varied Si*m "The smallest bird's egg is that of the humming bird, the largest is that of the extinct nepyornls, which held six times as much as the ostrich's and a hundred and fifty times as much as a fgwl's," says Prof. J. Arthur Thomson In his "Biology of Birds." "It Is said thfft the egg of the extinct moa some times measured 9 Inches In breadth and 12 In length, ■ but that. of the nepyornls was far larger. Of Euro pean birds, the SWJUJ has the largest egg, the goldcrest the smallest. What Is the biological significance of tlie difference In sire? * "When a bird lays only one egg It Is likely to be relatively large, as In guillemot, gannet and puffin. It may be noted that these birds lay In places where enemies are- few and where It is not dangerous that the egg - should have a conspicuous size. The eggs of the wingless kiwi of New Zealand are larger In proportion to the bird's slse than In any other case, and It Is Inter esting to notice that they (usually two) are stowed away In a nest at the end of a tunnel In the ground." To the Minute A traveling Charlestonian paufeed one night at a small upstate town, one of those places where trains don't really stop—they merely hesitate. Its lone hotel, opposite the railway station, was kept by an aged negro, who was pro prietor, clerk, cook, wslter, bellhop snd everything. "Call me for the 3:15 train," ordered the* guest, retiring early—to sleep soundly until ayakened by a loud ham mering on his door. "Hey, boss," camera voice outside, "didn't yuh-all left a call foh„de 8:18 train?" "Sure," gasped the roomer sleepily. "Well, suh," was the response, "she's at de stashun now." —Charleston News and Courier. I Rome to Have Subway '7 he royal commissioner In charge of the city administration in Rome has approved In principle plans sub mitted by an Italian-French group which Is seeking a subway concession. The proposals submitted cover the construction of two underground lines which will connect districts between which tM traffic is especially heavy, the routes having been chosen en tirely with s view to affording re lief where It Is most needed regardless of the heavy expense that this will entail. The narrow streets and con ; jested traffic in Rome make the con ' struction of a subway especially desir able. as the transportation problem will continue to become more difficult ; as the population Increases. GRAHAM, N. C„ THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5, L 925 Frenchman Would Strip Laurel From Columbus French savants are investigating the thorny question of who discovered America. In a paper read before the College de France, a paper which.tha French press terms "sensational," Pro fessor Melllet Btates that It was not Christopher Columbus. The famous voyager merely rediscovered a conti nent which was known long beford his* other navigators, as the New York Herald-Tribune says. Up to the present, says Professor Melllet, no serious study of the In digenous languages of America and of other regions has ever been made, but the ground now is being broken by French students and a comparison of the vocabularies of a group of Cali fornia languages and certain Polyne sian languages has brought to light "satisfying and numerous coincidence." "The vocabulary of the indigenous races of Patagonia," the lecturer told his colleagues of the College de France, "shows striking resemblances to that of Australian races. And it Is interesting to note that these linguistic resemblances parallel almost Identical ly similar resemblances In the arms, domestic utensils and other object# used In the same epoch In America and other regions. But these similarities do not date from the time when these continents were connected by land in stead of vast oceans. Therefore It is to be concluded that navigators sailed over these immense spaces." That Spirits Walk Earth Is a Universal Belief The belief that, dead persons make their reappearance on Wie earth IS, ac cording to an author, universal among all the ancient races. The Eskimos say the spirit exhibits the same form and shape as the body it belonged to, but of a more subtle and ethereal nature. The Tonga Islanders believe that the human soal Is the finer part of the body, the essence that can puss out, as does the fragrance from a flower. The Greenland seers describe the spirit as pallid, soft and Hftangible. Doctor Churchward knows some people now living who possess the gift of seeing and communicating with their departed friends, who never leave them night or day. He safrs: "But these good spirits cannot speak so that one can hear them; they can not make noises, nor can you take photographs of them. "Spirits are composed of pure cor puscles In the likeness nnd form ef their previous earthly Ktate as hu mans, only much more beautiful. They cannot leave Paradise without divine permission."—Montreal .Family Her ald. First Record of Coal According to the earliest record, coal was first mentioned In Acadia, now Nova Scotia, In 1664, It was at first gathered without mining, and mention of this Is to be found In the records of the year 1721. Coal was shipped to France from Cape Breton in 1743, as stated In a lefter from M. Duchambon to the French minister. A letter to the French minister of marine, also colonial tnlnlster, dated September SO, 1749, mqkes mention,of the coal found on Cape Breton, near Indian eove. All Fixed Up Tony was being examined In the civil service commissioner's room for a laborer's position. He was fluent In most of his answers, and It appeared he would pass without any difficulty. But his downfall came when they aaked If he had been naturalised. He seemed a bit puzzled, but at last his face lighted up and be said: "Ah, I know whata you mean. Scratch* da arm. Yes, last a wsek."— Kansas City Star. Independent Poodle Somebody's little poodle held up a south-bound passenger train on the Westfield bridge. The men In the cab saw the dog walking along the tracks. The locomptlve whistles loaile no difference and brake* were ap plied by the humane crew. The train came to a stop on the bridge. Just then the poodle decided it hud pine fare enough In that direction, anyway, and leisurely retraced Its steps, pass ing under the entire train and ambled off the bridge while the passenger* were puzzling over the delay.—Boston Globe Right in Hie Line ▲ (TMt many people who are. sot hran hmve taken op land In west arn states. An old-timer rode orer to tka outfit of one newcomer and ssked him what he had been doing before he came Weat ( -1 waa a wreftler." -How much land have yon declared iif "One. hundred and abet/ acres." "WeU, yea got something to wrestle with now, bo." sverred the oldtlmer, as be gave hla steed a resounding whaek.—Louisville Courier-JournaL why j = Scientists Must' Capture Sun light Energy Energy from the lun pours on every acre of ground to the equivalent of 1,476 tuna of con I during an average DO-day growing season. Of this wealth of power a crop of wheat yielding 50 bushels to the acre, a very high figure, puts into the bin an energy equiva lent of less than two-thirds of a ton of coal. These striking figures are given by Dr. H. A. spoehr. plant i physiologist of the Carnegie institute coastal laboratory at Curmel. Calif., writing in the' annual report of the ilent as plants are, Doctor Spoehr points out, they Inlve been the only means of .major importance we have had for capturing solar energy lind making It available for man's use. The cdal and oil deposits, represent ee sun during long periods find ages ago, are be ing used thousands of .times faster than they were originally made. Plants, in Doctor Spoehr's opinion, do not hold much promise of effective use fulness for supplying polar -energy after coal and oil are exhausted. They cannot work fast enough, and be sides, plant production must be In creasingly used l«» supply food and little can Ire spared for fuel. Man must use his Ingenuity to devise means for the direct enpture of the great quantities of sunlight energy that dally waste themselves. Little progress has been made so far, but Doctor Spoehr Is confident that when i'the problem is attacked in earnest by scientists it will eventually be solved. Why Montana Buffalo Herd Mutt Be Thinned iletween UOO and 300 buffalo on the Montana notional bison range west of Missoula, Mont., must be slain, Fran cis Hose, the superintendent, an nounces. according to an . Associated I'reowdlspatcli. A census last summer showed SUO elk, 28 mountain sheep und 100 deer on the range, and an in spection of the grasses convinced tlie superintendent that the preserve was 40 per cent overstocked. The Rale of buffalo to parks and 200* U not grgrt enough to bring the herd down to thtf required else nnd HO a large number will be slaughtered and sold on the ment luarket. Bach year the herd Is reduced In this man ner, but this year a far gmrter num ber than ever before will be butch ered. The Montana -buffalo herd is the third largest In the world. The range, containing 18,000 acres, Is under the KQitervlslon of the United States bio- JofcieaT survey. Why Leave* Change Color Certain leu ves change color regnrd iesa of attack by frost. Coloration indicates a dying condition of the leave*. This condition may set in at almost any part of the tree and may occur very early In the season due to drought or disease or Injury of some kind. There Is DO set rale In what part of leaves the, color first ap pears. In fact, some leaves sturt at the tops, some along the midrib and some are mottled. In the normal course of coloration you might reasonably ex pect the oldest leaves on the terminal brandies to color first. The scarlet oak holds its coloration last. The weeping willow and elderberry remain green until the leaves are drying;-the chloro phyll Is not taken back Into the trunk. Why Rati la Encouraged Iron staircases In the library of the British museum were recently treated to a coot of rust to make them less slippery and thus protect the library workers. This is believed to I* the first Instance on record when- rust. Instead i f being fought, was delltmrate ly sought after. Long use bad made the Iron steps of the library stacks so slippery that shelf attendants carrying li"uvy loads of books up and down them were constantly risking their necks. The British office of works sent englneera to remedy the evil, and they did so hy applying a chemical treat ment that left a rough-surfaced coat ing of rust on the Iron. After several months of nse the objectionable slip perlnesa had not returned. On Mental Wtahneu •K weak mind la like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great onea.—Cheater field. Particularly Then Tl>« world likes a good loser, particu larly if It .gets some of hla money.— Louisville Courier-Journal. Delicate Hair spring B Tpe hairspring of a watch Is made by drawing steel wire through a hole IB a diamond. Testimony to Truth Lying Is the strongest acknowledg ment of the force of troth.—William ■lillt RAGPICKER CREW IN OLD MONROE HOUSE But Memory of Great Amer- ican Is Preserved. James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, may have kept the Old world put of the western hemisphere, but lie failed to keep the sons of the Old world away from his own fireside. Tony from Naples, Mike from Pulermo, Angelo from Home, and Joe from Milan sat before the Monroe fireplace ths other day. There was no fire, but the yawning aperture made space for the rags and paper that came from their busy fingers. Tony, and Mike and Angelo, and Joe \\ - ere sorting rags on the very spot where Monroe, Ham ilton and the distinguished visiting Frenchman, Lafayette, had passed pleasant afternoons almost 100 years ago. in the old Dutch mansion of Sam Gouverneur at Prince and Lafayette streets. New York city, where the ex- President lived In genial retirement, entertaining his friends of the days of glory ln> Washington, the rag sorters from Italy and sundry workers from other pnrts of Europe kept busily at their tasks while they talked of the great man who had lived and died In their work place. They were a little hacy on the details of history, and they were at odds as to the precise place In history of "the blgga boss," but If Monroe had heard the simple recognition of his greatness that came from Tony or Angelo or any one of them he might have relented a bit on his famous doctrine. "Sure, the blgga boss live here," said Tony. "He run the whole country. He WHS poor tnan and he stop down here where the people elect him. The big sign outside tell all about him. He's a one (treat man. He's a hero before Tom Foley long while ago. He's a some guy. He's a gotter more pull than Foley, too." j "OowanT Qowan! Shut.up! He's • blgga da man, hut he come down be low Foley!" chipped in Angelo. "Foley gotta more pull than him." | "Well, he's a good guy and he tal everybody 'you not like this country you take a ship home.' He's all right," Tony Insisted, but the arrival of the snnppy young Italian-American, Jo seph Gorlll, who has leased the old mansion for his rag and paper-sorting ■hop, sent the workers back to picking. | The old place Is a shell of a building jWlth here and there just a hint of Its fallen grandeur. The inside walls are tumbling down and the fireplaces are crncklng. The old pillars of the front doorway stand bravely up and the arched Colonial doorway hojds the frame of carved woodwork In which set the 12 little panes of crystal. The ■ door Is gone and a cheap rougt) mod ern door with a padlock has taken Its place. The old brownstone top step Is worn almost through, but It holds Its place. Up In the chamber where Mon roe died rags are piled high where the bed once stood. The chamber Is dark 'and mystic and a dreamer can picture 'the passing of the fodnder of the Mon ;roe doctrine until some one cries a ;warnlng and another bundle of rags 'comes tumbling In. Such Is the pres ent state of the home of Monroe In his , jlast days. I There Is a movement on foot to pre [serve the place as a shrine and In the jtneantlme It Is good to know that the {humble worker* from the Old world jwho pass busy days there now all know that a great man and a great j American once lived there. Tobacco Foe Supreme The South Afrlcu tobacco crop Is In dagger. Wildfire, the deadliest tobacco disease ever known In the world, has broken out amongst the Magalleseberg plantations more severely than on any previous visitation. The whole of the 'south side of the mountain range is 'apparently Infested, and a tobacco crop is unlikely this year. The de struction of plants In the nursery bed is most rapid. In two or three days •practically the wljole lot are wiped out. If no remedies are on hand when the Infection Is first discovered, the planter is hopelessly beaten before the remedies can arrive from town chem ists. • Bordeaux mixture and other things are being tried, but with little or no success. Artistic Brick Structurally, brick 1* tin* sounde«t possible material. In the first plai'e, the *\t» and form »( brick make them an ciiity material I" ham!)** and adapt able to the inaxtfr mason's skillful craflswanidilp. He build* them one by on# Into a solid wall fabric, strong mad durable. Then the brick them selves. burdened und matured In fire, submit to the heaviest prexoiiren nnd resist both the attack* of flame and the corrosions of time. BricS may well be called an everlasting material, they neither bum nor decay. Their history affords sufficient testi mony. and the scene of any conflnin-a tlon shows the brick walla and chim ney* as solemn witnesses of their *n durln;: strength. I j South American Progrett I ! A decree watf recently Issued by the | Chilean ministry of interior granting permission to a prominent Santiago en gineer to build a subway traversing the streets of Santiago. The conces i Blon Is for a period of 20 years and | Imposes, among other conditions, that ' ,the concessionaire submit plans and I specifications of the work to be under* : taken within ons year, and one section, the line under the Alameda de las Delicias from the Plaza Italia to Plaza Argentina (about one and one-half miles) costing approximately 60,000,- 000 paper pesos (about $6,708,000), Is to be completed within n period of five years. I j Bridge Hung From Trees According to Popular Science Month ly the longest suspension foot-bridge In tiie world Is across the Qtieniult river on the Olympic peninsula In jWnsblngton state. The bridgp is two feet wide and 904 feet long. It Is sup ported at each end by giant fir trees Igrowing on either side of the river. •From these are stretched the wire cables holding up the bridge. The ,cables are also supported by a center ipler 54 feet high and resting on rocks In the river bed. ,Tills peculiar struc ture was made for the use of farmers [who fmjid It difficult to cross the river -with boats in the spring when frc.shets tare high. World's Match Consumption The United .States uses more iiian 1,500,000,000,000 mutches tnuile out of wood every year. Thin Is about 37 matches a day for every man, woman and child In the country, bused on h population of 110,000,000 or 4,000,000,- 000 dally. Itecent statistics from Ku rope hnve placed the per capita sumption there at 14 matches a day. The world output costs $200,000,000 and reaches a total of 4,075,050,000,- 000 matches a year. Conquered Jjtany Tongue» The epithet, the "learned black mnith," was'bestowed upon Kllhu Bur rltt, the American reformer, author and linguist, lie began life as a black smith about 1827, and worked at thnt trade for many years, during which time he made himself proficient In un dent and modern languages. It is '•aid that he a-]ulred a mastery-"* 18 languages and 22 dialects. —Kansas City Star. , Origin of Word "Picnic" Tin- won! "picnic" first came Into usage In tin 1 Finger lake country of northern New York over a century ago, the residents of the town of Hectftr first using It. The town had a Sunday school that decided to give ■n outing by "picking" up their "knlcknacks" and going Into the wood*. From thin the word devel oped. » Glaciera Make Trouble Mount Kohfton, the highest peak In tho Cunadlan Rockies, linn many gla cier*, whose presence ha* slowly changed the topography of the dis trict until It ha* become necessary to niter the boundary line* between prov inces. Teata Are Thorough Reside* tenting all kind* of time pieces. freezing them and baking them In ovens, our government take* watehe* apart and break* them HO that they may be repaired by appli cants for watchmaker*' certificates. Pencil Work > Little Bessie admitted her sister's caller and after entertaining birn a few moments went upstairs. Present ly she returned. "Sister"* nearly ready," she reported, "she's Just writ ing on her eyebrows." Early French Romance The romance of "Aucassiii and Klcolette,", In verse and prose. Is con sidered by critic* to be thp finest French Action of the Middle age*. It was written In the Thirteenth century and Is very short. • Too Gloomy Mrs. Wombat ha* this to sny of Hamlet: "He may be a nice young feller, and he'a had trouble. Hut I wouldn't want him around the house." —Louisville Courier-Journal. They Alwaya Do Jud Tunklns says lie always sus pected that after the first few meal* the prodigal son got bis nerve back and begun to criticize the menu.—Wash ington Star. Rain Stopa; Buying Better During our winter time Costa Itlca has an unusually heavy rainy season, and a break in It recently heralded the heaviest buying season there. Value in Prooerba The study of proverbs may be more instructive and comprehensive than the most elaborate scheme of philoso phy.—Motherwell. NO. 1 Beauty and "Homeyness" in Frame Construction The building of u home should never be considered in the light of an In vestment. If you build for investment, buiid a house, hut if you have In mind the building of u home, build It accord ing to your ideals mid incorporate all the contentment nnd happiness fea tures into the general plan, in so far as they do not interfere with common sense construction. If yon prefer frame construction and f. el that it Iq more homey# then that is the material yoa should use. Lumber is one of the befit possible materials to build a home. Its perma nence Is sufficient to satisfy every owner except one in the competing material business. In the New England and Southern states we iind homes which were built before the Revolutionary war still standing, sound and true and with no * signs of depreciation. Lumber imparts a particularly bonify aspect to the house; It seems to take one hack to their old home and childhood and brings out the best there Is In one. It Is conducive of ha|H piness and contentment and, after all Is said and done, that is all home is for, anyway. (in the silver screen u woman was bemoyning her fate at not having found happiness and was that she was promised success, not happiness, and the same may lie true of a house. It may be a house, not n home. Iluild of frame if you wish this type of construction; keep it well painted and it will last as long as you can wish. —HoK on Herald. Fighting for Ideals in City Managerthip A municipal duel is under way in cities big and little of the country; The (tgiit Is between two Ideas—an old Idea and a new Idea, It. L. DulTus states, in \ the New York Times. The new and i challenging idea Is the city manager form of municipal governmunt. In the last notable encounter between the two systems, "in the recent election, the city manager form won a victory, and unother l>ig city—Cincinnati—is added , to tiie llsi of those municipalities, now more than 900, which have adopted the i idea. Five million citizens ure now under the city manager form of gor ernment. What will the outcome be? No man may yet miy. Will some one of the great cities of the country try the new ' system? . Among the cities and towns now un der tliis plan, in addition to CinclnnutL are Cleveland, Dayton, l'asadenn, San I Diego, Colorado Miami. Wlclv I ita. Portland, Maine; Grand Itaplda, I Niagara Falls. Springfield, Ohio; Knox j vjlle, lieuumont, Texas; Norfolk, Va.; I rimrb stun, finrksburg anil Wheeling, J W. Va.. ami Auburn, Newburgh, Sher rill. Water?own and Watervllet, N. T. Only four eltle* which adopted the plan bv popular vote have ever discarded It. For Expert City Planning ! Charb - 11. Cheney, city planner of i 1 Los Angeles, suggested as u remedy I fur the "ugliness and Jumbled appear i.n -e of most of our American cities'* tlii- establishment of competent com mittees or art juries to pass upon all design* for struct tires and suppress i these not up to a reasonable stand ard of attractiveness. Regional planning as u thing of In tercommunity Interest of metropolitan unity was brought out as a successful actuality In the va* growth of Loa Angeles during the i i*t ten years by 1 ber of the I.|« Angeles planning com mission, t • • In mentioning (he problem of re gional transportation. Mr. I'omeroy reported "a greater spirit of co-opera tion nnd tolerant understanding, than ever before" on part of government agencies, "civic bodies aml "-railroads. —— > Virtue of Imagination There Is something romantic In the plans f"r ns'ng an army airplane to race the moon's shadow during the eclipse »f the sun, Jntimiry 24. A high-powered plane, with n photog rapher ajioard. will cross New York state In an effort to lengthen fur hut a brief time the opportunity given sta tionary cameramen. Just a minute, or even a half minute more means addt tional photographs. And more photo graphs mean* greater opportunity for scientists to study the most spectacu ijlr phenomena of this earth. It Is a vivid bit of Imagination, but It is only j ( through Imagination that inqp conquer, and, conquer'"?- acquire more imagl nutloa.—Kxchange. i
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