SHS Bellefonte, Pa., October 5, 1923. PHILOSOPHY ON MAN AND CHILDREN. : By L. A. Miller. ‘We can see in part what a man is, when we see what he isnot. If a man is neither black, brown, red nor yellow, we conclude that he is white. Green is a tint that touches a man’s character and not his cuticle, and the freshness suggested by it does not al- ways indicate purity and sweetness. ‘The model to which I refer will not be a fast man: One who goes before he is sent—and where he is sent. The fast man prefers the stable to the study; horses to humanity; the race- course to the course that improves the race. He does not like the slow process of ezrning his living by honest labor, so he gambles for it. He toils not, neither does he spin; yet Solomon in all his glory never wore such wate seals and chains, such as diamond pins and gorgeous finger-rings, such flash- ing sleeve-buttons, and such brilliant bosom studs. Look at his lily-color, and “loud” necktie, his vest that ri- vals the stars and stripes, and his fashionable coat that covers a multi- tude of sins. He thinks that hospi- tality means a man in a sulky behind a fast horse, sweeping the circle of a race-course. His paradise is a circus or heavenly hippodrome, where he can ride behind fiying feet around a star- lighted ring. ; He inherits a fortune; he wastes it living riotously, scattering it at haunts of pleasure and infamy, and along the broad way he travels—con- sequently, the fool and his money are soon parted. When his money 1s WOMAN EXPERT IS GIVEN CARE OF ZOO REPTILES. London.—Snakes and crocodiles are not, perhaps, the most pleasant crea- tures with which to live, but Miss Joan Proctor evidently thinks other- wise. This young Englishwoman has just been appointed curator of the reptile house at the London Zoologic- al Gardens, where she will have en- tire charge of the cobras, the pythons, the alligators and all the other rep- tiles. . Miss Proctor’s grandfather was a famous entomologist, so possibly her interest and aptitude in the subject are inherited. It certainly looks as though she is going to become as well known as he was, for already she is looked on by zoologists as one of the greatest of snake experts. When in her very early teens she happened to visit the chief of the rep- tile department at the South Kensing- ton Natural History museum and so astonished him by her knowledge of ophiology—she had kept snakes and lizards as pets since her tenth birth- day—that he offered to train her in the subject. Accordingly, as soon as she left school she became Doctor Boulenger’s assistant, at the age of eighteen, and when he resigned she was appointed to his post. The young expert came into real contact with the zoological society at the age of nineteen when she read her first paper, on pet snakes, before them. A year later they made her F. 7. S. At the beginning of July she gained another distinction by being elected F. L. S., Fellow of the Linnean society, one of the foremost scientif- ic organizations in the world. . Being surrounded by snakes during her attendance at the zoo apparently is not enough for Miss Proctor, and she keeps six Brazilian snakes in a glass cage in her drawing room. These were sent her as a gift. Noted scien- tists in South America: and South gone, his credit exhausted and his companions refuse to recognize him, he becomes a tramp, a pauper, a sul- cide. His life has been a sad iailure. He has been fast, and he has gone with the “multitude to do evil” and what has he to show for his waste of wealth and life ? Life with him is bounded on the east by trotting-road; on the west by pleasure yachts; on the north by a wine-party, and on the south by per- dition. Eventually he dies, is laid to rest—and forgotten. The faults of the young and rising | generation are quite numerous and it | is to be regretted that the parents, in ! most instances, are responsible for the waywardness of their offspring. A hint against the folly and impro- priety of making the habits of the youngsters the subject of conversa- tion with other people. Nothing can be more unkind and injudicious. If you wish your children to reform, you must throw a shield around their character. However foolish they may Africa have frequently sent rare and deadly reptiles to England, knowing her interest, and most of these she keeps at her own home. PYTHON EGGS. It was nearly ten years ago that I listened to a lecture in which the speaker, whose name I am sorry to have forgotten, showed that habits are like pythons. The python is one of the most powerful as well as one of the most beautiful of snakes. With exquisite grace and poise it wraps it- self about the body of its victim and crushes it. : Yet there is nothing more silken, more attractive, more soft than a young python. One may place it in the cradle with the baby without dan- ger. One may feed it from the same bottle of milk. But let the snake and the baby grow side by side, and the day will come when the snake will be discovered wrapped about the human body, and it have acted, let them see that you are anxious to keep open the way for their return to propriety and respec- tability. : ' will be found that the human soul has left. So it is with habits. A bad habit at ‘the start is often attractive, silk-like, Many a youth has been driven to i cplorf ahd soft. One may crush it in wreckless dispair by being upbraided before strangers for which never ought to have been known beyond his family. On the other hand, many a wanderer has been encouraged to return, by observing in those most injured by his follies, a readiness to reinstate him in their fa- vor, and to shield his reputation from the reproach of others. It is not wise for a mother to speak of the excellen- cies, or to publish the faults, of her children, but rather to ponder them in her heart; to mention them only at the throne of grace, there to return thanks for what is right; to ask for guidance to correct what is wrong; in all things to make plain before her face the way of her own present du- ty in reference to them. Never frighten your children. We have no doubt that, by this injudicious treatment, many serious mental as well as physical injuries have been the consequence. Don’t be too harsh, se- vere and unfeeling. Such conduct often leads to the commission of the worst of crimes. Mothers, particularly, have it in their power in early life to form the disposition and character of their chil- dren, by instructing them properly, and by giving a right direction to their thoughts and feelings; by so do-| ing you determine which class of pas- sions shall have the predominance in their minds during life. For there is no knowledge worth anything, unless it is founded upon truth. If a proper example is constantly set before your children, and advan- tage taken of every proper occasion to impress upon their minds the best of sentiments and passions, the han- piest results may be expected. In their presence use every effort in your power to maintain as habitually as possible a calm, cheerful, and hap- py state of mind. Remember, “as the twig is bent the tree inclines.” To Train More Reserve Officers This Year. A special effort is being made to in- crease the size of the class in advanc- ed military science and tactics at The Pennsylvania State College this year. A recruiting campaign is now on among members of the Junior class and there are indications that there will be more than 100 men competing for reserve officer commissions in the college R. 0. T. C. unit. Military training is required of all students at Penn State for the first two years, and the 1700 of the two lower classes will make up one of the largest regiments of cadets ever train- ed at the Centre county institution. Reserve officer candidates receive an! allowance from the government and ge their commissions upon gradua- ion. Eighty Per Cent. of Wool Still Held by Poolers. Approximately 80 per cent. of the wool pooled co-operatively by the Pennsylvania growers is still in their hands awaiting sale. total of 50,000 pounds has been sold. The remaining 300,000 pounds of the 1923 clip is graded and in storage. Counties still holding their wools are: Sullivan, Columbia, McKean, Potter, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Fayette, Cameron -and Green. ‘an instant—-~Jdtvis so: delicate, though, misconduct, | that one waits until it grows. “I can stop it growing at any time,” we say. “I can quit this habit when I get ready. But habits are like the pythons. They gracefully glide to their vietim and he does not know how strong and dangerous they are until their coils are about him and the red tongue is shooting at his face. Few of us are snake charmers. Negative, uninspirational thoughts are python eggs. From our thoughts spring our deeds. It is up to us to choose between the occupation of snake charmer or gardener. Our thoughts will produce pythons or flowers. We can take our choice. —Wallace Dunbar Vincent. A —————————— A ENTRY RECORD IS BROKEN AT NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. Visitors from this county to the National Dairy exposition at Syra- cuse, October 5-13, will have an op- portunity to see the very greatest number of blue ribbon dairy cattle ever assembled in one place at one time. All records of the dairy show have been broken by 1,329 entries of Holstein, Guernsey, Jersey and Brown Swiss cattle. The largest number at former shows was less than 1,000. The animals are the prize winners in every State, the aristocrats of the dairy world, worth going miles to see. There will be 329 Holstiens, the big- gest show of this breed and the finest ever assembled. The Ayrshire show, 280 animals, is also the greatest in number and excellence ever shown. There will be 223 Jerseys, 230 Guern- seys, 77 Brown Swiss and more than 100 calves and grade cows of the dif- ferent breeds. Combined with the interesting ex- hibits showing practical and inexpen- sive methods for the farm, gigantic displays of dairy machinery and equipment, the night entertainment and horse show, the human welfare display and other features, the expo- sition more than promises to be one every dairy farmer and every one else interested in dairy industry should see. World is Asked to Keep Bread and Soup Sunday for Near East Relief. Officials of American relief organi- zations at London have asked all the countries to join in a great movement to save the destitute orphans and wid- owed mothers in the Near East. December 2 has been set aside as “Golden Rule Sunday.” On that day the people of the United States and other nations will be asked to observe the broad principle of the Golden Rule by foregoing their usual noonday meal and eating instead the frugal ra- tion of bread and soup partaken of by the parentless children of Greece, Ar- menia, the Caucasus and other strick- en regions. " The world then will be asked to con- tribute the difference in the cost of the two meals to the relief work. Charles Vickery, executive head of the Near East Relief, who arrived on the Leviathan last week, has said that President Coolidge will be asked to set an example to the American peo- ple by observing ‘Golden Rule day at ‘ the White House.—Ex. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. The knack of making good use of mod- erate abilities secures the esteem of men, and often raises to higher fame than real merit.—La Rochefoucauld. It is the flare conceding to the straight line silhouette that fall’ brings, rather than the other way about. That is to say, we have flares and fullness today in the new coat dis- plays, but the polite thing is not to notice them too much. They do not seem to wish it, only to hear it re- marked again and again how much ye are keeping to last year’s straight ine. So when a wrap front reveals a bit of fullness shirred in, causing it to cross in a double-breasted way, the emphasis is stil! on the pencil line produced when the coat is closed. A little godet here and there, so long as it does not interfere with the slen- der line, is permitted, or a flounce from the knee falling in a straight line, with the effect of willowness only increased. Straight, slim and beltless is the rule; or sashed, a la Russe. Pile or nap fabrics lead for daytime coats and for evenings, velvets foremost for the last. For sports and utility, the worsted look, in stripes, plaids, block designs or tans and grays in novelty fabrics. Everything, virtual- ly, is fur-trimmed. We used to think ourselves made when we had beautiful furs without doing anything to them. Those sim- | ple days are past. Intricate braidings and embroideries are wedded to lovely furs of the flat type, raising the age- old question, “Whither are we drift- ing?” the answer being, around to simplicity again, after a time, fashion route being always the circle or spi- ral. Let’s be gayly and expensively coated while we can and if we can. A black broadtail coat, seen in one of the shops, has clever and unusual . soutache braiding giving a novel ef- fect to its top and bottom. and is sashed after the Russian. Black lynx, highly favored this year, trims collar, cuffs, and skirt border. The sleeve is particularly interesting— this season, too, sleeves will bear watching—for it is a combination of fitted and peasant fashions that ap- pears on many coats. On fur gar- ments this looks exactly like a bar- rel-shaped muff that has slipped up on the arm. _ Fur collars on coats run to upstand- ing or round types, and in the later imports seem to get narrower. The fur border is greatly employed, often in hem-like effects, produced by hand- ling stripes of fur to make a pattern. The same patterning then appears wherever else the fur is used on the garment. Concerning lengths, the full length dominates wraps meant to be worn with semi-formal and formal frocks. Later, we are told, we shall see a great deal of three-quarter length separate coats, but at present, in the It flares | a | CULTURE SPREAD BY WARS French Soldiers Brought Artistic Treasures and Ideas From Their Campaigns in Italy. “At the recent silk ghow in New, York, which was seen by 200,000 peo- ple, the silk manufacturers of Ameri- ca laid their products before the Amer- fcan public,” said Horace B. Cheney, the noted designer, “just as many years ago artists brought their finest work to kings. “At the order of Francis I, great- est of the Valois, Benvenuto Cellini was summoned to the court of Paris, there to produce the miracles of his art which were astonishing Italy. Writes Cellini, ‘We found the king's court at Fountainbleau.. I went to his majesty with a basin and jug which I had made, and when I had come into his presence I kissed his knee, and he gave me the most gracious reception. “The name of Francis I Is asso- ciated with the culminating moment of the Renaissance. The wars of Charles VIII and Louis XII, though they dealt a death blow to Italy, brought new artistic life to France. French warriors returned from Italy with the wonders of southern Europe on their lips and her treasures in their hands. So that at the time of Cellini's arrival in France in September, 1540, French palaces had become fitting shrines for the works of such a mas- ter, as well as for the sumptuous fur- nishings that formed part of the loot obtained in the Italian wars. “The American soldiers of the Twen- | tieth century, in turn, have lived for a ! brief time in the atmosphere of I'rench | art. Is it not natural that they, too, should acquire a discrimination which will influence all with whom they come in contact and thus spread an appre- ' silken fabrics?” UNSAFE TO TEASE SWANS Blow From the Male's Wing Has Pow er to Break the Ordinary Man's Leg. Swans can fly at the rate of 100 miles an hour. No one knows how long they can keep on the wing, but the trip from Scandinavia to Britain seems to be merely a pleasant flutter. They pass from one side of Canada to the other in huge flocks at certain times ! of the year and at very high altitudes. 1 i It is not safe to tease or seek fa- miliarity with swans in summer time | ciation of that ‘touch of French genius’ ! which marks so many of our exquisite | | when cygnets, as young swans are called, are about, says London Tit-Bits. ! The male swan is very pugnacious ; then, as a bather in the Thames found | to his cost quite recently. early views, that length seems to Cobia: __There is a traditional impression that fine itself largely to coats meant to "a blow from a swans wing will break } an average man's leg, and there is on be worn with frocks of the same ma- terial as three-piece costumes. An enormous revival of interest in velvet has taken place. It is to be the leader in fabrics for evening coats and for costumes. In coats its earlier representatives share the gusto for allover trimmings and embroidering. A black velvet, full-length coat is embroidered all over with cut steel | beads. Its plentiful “furring” is done with Australian opossum. This fur shows tremendous style vitality, Its American cousin is liked, too, misting over with fine black hairs, but being of a livelier pattern, is more com- monly used with coats of the sports variety. The uniform tone of the Australian variety makes it a hand- somer finish for the handsomest fab- rics. Overblouses achieve distinction with four-inch borders in such designs placed at hem, at wrists, at neck. As black and white in combination has taken on a new lease of life no wom- an need pucker the brow in choosing colors. The Chinese neckband is too fre- quently used on new clothes to be looked upon as an experiment to! shorten the life of the bateau open- ing. You know what it is, don’t you? Just a straight, narrow band, usually highly embroidered. The adaptation of it would not be familiar to a Chinaman¢ It is cut twice as long as the neck size, half of it is at- tached to the neckband of the frock, either back or front, and the ends are tied loosely over the skin. Chanel cuts her frocks down in front and ties the collar band there. Jenny and Lan- vin do the opposite. There are deco- rative and plain bands; there are nar- row fur ones, especially of white er- mine or rabbit on black rabbit. One of the less lovely fashions of the season is the sheath frock with- out a belt. It is not new. It hasbeen worn by fashionable women for two years, and for one year by those who | buy often and cheaply. Yet it is con- | tinued. Sometimes it has a small cir- | cular ruffle below the knees, which is another fashion one fancied could not live into autumn because of its com- monplace usage during the summer. The large resorts gave the observer a chance to count up to a hundred | every day. It is ugly, itis ungra- | cious, it has been made in every cheap fabric at a minimum price. France offered it again to eur com- missioners in August and it is her- | alded in these States as a fashion of merit. The sheath frock with drapery at side is gracious and wearable by the well-poised woman, be she fat or thin. The addition of a Cavalier cape, such as Worth of Paris, put on it, is also good. The straight sheath gown of the hour minus drapery or belt, is a dangerous thing. Don’t put money into it without care and considera- tion. straight lines are to continue, but you can manage them somehow without Wearing a bolster with a frill at one end. Happy to ‘relate, there is an effort to give freedom of movement to the | feet, even when the line is straight. modern Yet | You may feel assured that | record a case of the death of a fox | from such a hlow. | The force of the swan's wing blow is { emphasized in a story from Bucking- ~ hamshire, which records the attack of a | male swan on a boat being rowed near i the nest. 'The pinion struck the gun- + wale of the craft, and as a result was | laid bare to the bone, being stripped of both feathers and skin. The Main Point. Mrs. Wombat had another cook and the first dinner was a sad affair. The potatoes were soggy, the steak was raw and the odor of scorched soup greeted Mr. Wombat as he entered the front door. He knew this signal of yore, but advanced cheerily. “How's the new cook?” he asked his wife. r Mrs. Wombat put it all into a very brief sentence. “She can’t cook!” Nothing, however, could dismay the incorrigible optimist. “Perhaps we can cure that,” he said. “The question is—will she stay awhile?” Order Has Spread. The Order of De Molay was organ: ized in Kansas City, April 1, 1919, by Frank S. Land, secretary of the social service and employment bureaus at the Scottish Rite temple. Since that time the movement has spread from coast to coast and to several foreign countries. De Molay ° > order for young men between tl of sixteen and twenty-one, It asored by the Masonic lodge. The ...er is based on the closing events in the life of Jacques de Molay, grand master of the order of Knights Templar, burned at the stake in 1329 by decree of Philip the Fair, king of France. Wanted It Settled. The old man regarded his last un- married daughter critically. “Let me see, Alice,” he reflected, “young Smythe has been calling on you regularly for six or eight months, hasn’t he?” | “Yes, father,” simpered Alice. | “Well,” continued her,parent, “if he asks you to marry him when he comes tonight tell him to see me. Under- stand 2” | “Yes,” giggled Alice. “But snppose | he doesn’t ask me to marry hin?” | “Hm!” reflected papa. “In that case just tell him I want to see hin." Does Away With Ocean Peril. The latest in wireless direction find: ers has been installed on the steam- ship Mauretania. With this device it is possible to ascertain in a few sec- onds a ship’s bearing toward any one land wireless station. If touch is se- cured with two or more stations, the exact position of the vessel is found by cross-bearings. The value of such a direction finder in thick or hazy weather is obvious. PLANTS THAT HAVE “SIGHT” Either That Sense or Instinct Whick Would Seem to Answer the Same Purpose. We know thaf plants are sensitive to light and darkness. Many of th move during the day to tin the faces of their flowers always to the sun, Others open only when the day- light Is dying, and when the moths on whom they rely to carry their pollen are abroad. Climbing plants, such as sweet peas, seem to fling their tendrils in an al- most uncanny way in the direction of anything that will serve as a support. A scientist engaged recently in tak- ing photographs of leaves through the microscope was surprised to discover that some of them showed hundreds of little round patches, each of which reflected the image of some object, just as do the facets of the compound eye of an insect. Closer examination proved that each of these patches con- sisted of a cell whose rounded outer wall formed a perfect lens. Each cell was, in fact, a perfect eye. It was tempting to jump to the con- clusion that plants could see. Actual- ly they do not. The “eyes” serve quite a different purpose. A plant lives by the process of bottling up sunshine, whose action produces chemical changes within the leaves and the stem. The leaves focus the sun's rays and enable the work to be done effec- tively. ' Plants are sensitive to light simply because when the sun shines the chemical changes within them go on with increased speed. Climbing plants find supports by groping. The tendrils follow the sun, and as they move round they touch and hold on to any thing suitable that lies in their path LONDON THIEF USES CANDLE Burglar Always Carries Stump ane Matches in Cigar Box and Leaves Them. There is an old-fashioned burglar in f.ondon who has mystified New Scot- land Yard detectives for a long time, the Cincinnati Enquirer says. At every home he breaks into he leaves a cigar box. About two dozen cigar boxes have been collected by the police and deposited at various stations in the north and northwest suburbs. The cigar box is used as a candle- stick. He puts the stump of a candle and some matches in the box, and, KEW HOPE FOR SIGHTLESS French Scientist Asserts That It le Possible for Persons to See Through Their Skins. A Frenchman hgs lately sterug thé world with the extraordinary theory that the sightless may yet see—through their skins! The eclentist is Doctor Farigoule, and he points out that there is no gcientific law which in itself opposes his theory that man may be made to “see through his skin, even though he cannot do so with his eyes. There is scientific proof that two creatures which have no eyes at all can yet see. These are the ordinary earthworm and a certain beetle which only comes out at night. Many living things without ears, or any apparatus corresponding to ears, seem to have a fine sense of hearing. It is a well-known fact that our skin not only feels, but breathes, and to a certain extent does the same work as the kidneys in expelling waste mat- ter. Doctor Farigoule states that the skin is an organ of sight, not as efficient es the eves, but better than nothing. It is not suggested that a man may close his eyes and suddenly see through his skin, but it is asserted that a man who cannot use his eyes may be trained to use his skin instead, and by this means distinguish colors and shapes and even read figures and let- ters. Scientists are learning new things about the human skin every year, so that these wonders may yet come true LEGEND OF CYPRESS TREE Mythology Has Many Interesting Stories Concerning It—May Have Been Used at Crucifixion. The story mythology tells of the cypress tree is that Cyparissus, son of Telephus, while hunting one day acci- dentally killed one of Apollo's favorite stags. He became so filled with re- morse at the mishap that he begged Apollo, his dearest friend, to put him out of his misery. The god compas- sionately metamorphosed him into a tree; hence its name. Its floral mean- ings are despair, mourning, or Sorrow. Cypress wood was used in the con- struction of St. Peter’s gates at Rome, After eleven hundred years’ use they were taken down, comparatively new, to be replaced by brass. when, in the early hours of the morn- ing, he forces the catch of a window end enters a house he lights the can-' dle and quietly makes a search for jewelry. Having filled his pockets with all the valuables he can find he leaves the cigar box with the candle and the matches on a chair or table and goes home. : | Cypress was said by scme to have been the wood the cross was made from, while many refer to the material as hewn from oak; but the aspen is the more generally accepted as the wood used for the cross of the cruci- fixion. According to the Missouri Botanical Bulletin, the oldest known tree in the world is a bald cypress growing in Nobody has yet been able to find out | oo Maria del Tula, Mexico. It is anything more about this mysterious ' burglar. The police think (without prejudice) that he is an old man, who, | after leading an honest life for some years, has returned to the evil habits of | his youth. They base this theory on | the supposition that if he were a young man he would despise such an anti- quated thing as a candle and carry an electric torch, but, being old, he cannot ! bring himself in line with the ideas of the modern burglar. ; | Seasickness a Thing of the Past. The day when a cross-Channel jour i ney or a long voyage will become a real delight rather than (to many) a distressingly trying discomfort is at hand, comments the Westminster Ga- | zette, Engineering has accomplished this by the perfection of what is known as the gyroscope stabilizer, the first of which, in this country, has been con-' structed by the Metropolitan Vickers | Electrical company at their Trafford Park works, Manchester. The man- | ner in which the gyroscope steadies | a ship is simple. If a wave comes along and seeks to push the ship over in one direction the gyroscope quietly pushes it back, exerting an equal! force directly opposite to that of the wave. Entitied to Peace. “This is the arena of the Coloseum,* announced the tourist, doing a little lecturing for the benefit of his wife, “From yon grim portals the lions en- tered. Yonder sat Alexander the Great to supervise the combats.” “Don’t display your ignorance,” re- torted his better half. “Alexander the Great was never in Rome.” “He was.” “He was not.” The husband subsided. “All right, my dear, I won't dispute you. This arena has seen enough bat- tles.” Strange Experience. One evening after I had finished helping mother dry dishes I decided to read my story book. I began where I had left off—about the middle of the | book. Soon I fell asleep. I dreamed | of a strange story, something like the | one I was reading, I dreamed to the end of the story. The next day when I finished my book I found it was ex: actly as my dream had been and alsa ended the same way.—Chicago Journal Cement for China and Glassware. | A cement for mending broken china and glassware may be made as follows: ' Mix a cupful of milk with a cupful of vinegar, then separate the curd from the whey and mix the whey with the whites of five eggs, beating the whole thoroughly together. When it is well mixed sift in a little quicklime and stir until the mixture is of the con: sistency of thick paste. Cement made in this way dries quickly. about 125 feet in circumference and from 4,000 to 6,000 years old. Oil Has Enriched Indians. Statistics compiled for the secretary of the interior show that the Osage Indians of northern Oklahoma com- pose the richest Indian community in the world. Oil leases of their lands, since oil was discovered there eighteen years ago, have brought $136,014,397 up to May 1 to the 2,229 Osages, every man, woman and child sharing in the distribution. Between 1915 and 1923 these 2,229 Osages and their heirs have received an average of $1,000,000 a month. This means a yearly payment to each Indian of $5,875. In April bonuses and royalties paid these In- dians amounted to $6,069,000, or $2,722 for each Osage man, woman and child. Last May’s income was expected to ex- ceed this figure. In addition to their prior receipts the Osages received $26,- 079,300 in 1922. This gave each man, woman and child $11,700, according iv ee secretary of the interior’s fig- ures. On the Osage lands 8,360 oil wells have been drilled. Of these only five were dry, the smallest proportion ever known in oil drilling operations. Old Roman Road. Watling street is an ancient Roman military road in Britain, extending across the island in a westerly direc tion. Commencing at Richborough or Dover, it ran through Canterbury and Rochester to London, and thence across the island to Chester and York. Portions of the road still exist as an important highway, and the part that extends through London retains its name to the present day. Wat- ling street, in the days of the Britons, was a mere track through the forest, but was converted into a military highway by the Roman general, Vitel i lignus, whose name was corrupted into Watelain, and this later into Watling. The term “Watling strect” was fre- quently used in Jngzlund during the Middle ages to denote the milky way. Increasing Use of Radio. Britain is behind in the development of rudio snd the aithorities are heing criticised for tuelr ‘failure to promote radio comminication on a world scale, and wit) permitting France, Germany and the United States to occupy this lield to the exclusion of England. It is pointed out that France is planning a great station at Pondicherry, India, and that in July she wili ¢pen a high- power station at Buenos Aires. Later in the year two other stiutions will be ready in South America, These will be in direct communication with the Y¥rench station at 5t, Assise, with Nauen in Germany. ¢ud: with Lohg Is- land, New York: ‘Krom St. Assise France by radio wiii reach India, China and Japan on the east and North and South America ou the west.
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