Paris.—On a Mediterranean island
where Caesar and Cicero lived two
thousand years ago, frantic gamblers
from all over the world foregather
nightly in ultrasmart new palaces of
chance which have been built under
Signor Mussolini's orders to give Italy
‘a new gaming fleld in opposition to
the French Riviera.
The island is Rhodes, in the Dodeca-
nese group, off the coast of Asia Mi-
nor and on the direct route from Italy
to Egypt and the far east. The idea
of the vast new playground created
there on the ruins of part of the an-
cient Grecian empire is to afford a
stopping off place for rich American
and British travelers to India, or
around the world,
Rhodes is of age old antiquity and
Homer makes frequent mention of the
{sland and of Caesar and Cicero's
lives there, Sultan Mohammed II also
lived there, but if any of these great
men of the past comd come back they
would hardly recognize it with Its
sea front lined with glittering white
casinos and other pleasure palaces,
Many of the ancient buildings still
remain, affording a strange contrast
between the cultured past and fever-
fsh present of the gaming paradises,
The palace of the Knights of Jerusa-
lem still exists, the ramparts, the
cathedral, Mohammedan mosques
which recall the period of Turkish
domination exist alongside the shim-
mering modern concrete gambling
halls,
Italy has owned the island since the
end of the Libyan war and it was the
scene of much bloodshed in the Mid-
dle Ages when the Turks first seized
the spot at the cost of 100,000 Turkish
lives, In pre-Christian times the eity
of Rhodes Itself suffered severely
from earthquakes and most of its
3,000 gigantic statues built under the
Greek state were thrown down,
Among these statues was one of
the seven wonders of the ancient
world, the monument to Helios, the
Colossus, which was the Greek name
_—
given to the sun, Beside the "spot
where this marvel once stood, elegant
international soclety folk now nightly
throw their chips on the green gaming
tables inviting the god of chance to
favor them,
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Talking to Yourself
at Twenty
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Hlinois.
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“What would you give,” a friend
asks me, “if you could talk to your-
gelf at twenty?”
It is an intr
guing thought, to
be able after twen-
ty-five or thirty or
forty years of ex-
perience with the
practical things of
the world, after
having been
knocked about
here and there,
having and
succeeded,
failed
having
to bes
down
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shoals to be
chances for improvement and advance-
CENTRE HALL. PA.
GIVES DEMURE TOUCH
ment which might have been taken. I
have been sitting here thinking it all
over since the question came to me,
and there Is a strong appeal in the
thought; I'd surely like very much to
do It. I should prefer, however, to sit
down and talk things over with myself
at fifteen rather than“at twenty, At
fifteen the Imagination is awake, emo-
tions are keener than at any other
time of life. What would I say to my-
self at fifteen If 1 had the chance?
I thought very little of the care of
my body when I was fifteen. I should
glve myself a straightforward sensible
talk on taking care of the teeth and
the hair because twenty or forty years
iater they are so necessary to good
health or to good looks, and it would
be so easy to keep them If we began
early enough. 1 should say a
deal about eating.
‘I never had so much leisure as be-
tween fifteen amd twenty, nor so much
pleasure perhaps. I should not ad-
vise myself to cut down on the pleas-
ure, I think, for pleasure Is the right
ful heritage of but 1 should
point out how ich better ad
vantage he used. 1
wiser than 1
good
youth,
to go mt
the leisure might
might have
Was,
Beauty, health,
are what 1
about,
been much
knowledge
talk to
these
myself
should
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layer, looks very dem
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our friends,
By WALTER TRUMBULL
who will
in the diplomatic sery-
manicurist
is a
far
There
never get
ice. She was
no n a ot
yesterday,
at work the other after.
mer who was not born
who still regards him-
ling juvenile and fancies
himself with the An
ber at 8 near-by chalr was
the mu
ir came
ou hat
to your ows
girl alone.’
“There
in question in a = one, You
heard what my nice grandpa told you,
roll your hoop.”
She hasn't seer
self as a
lea
ladies, idle bar-
teasing
finally the
to
cus
her defense,
sald, “att
little girl
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Go
A New York couple
to be
werg very anx-
pu ‘ity
of one of
sree]
married
the
who had
Itedd 8a lawyer, hat by
a certain sum ' he
1 that the marriage would
not known until they were
ready to announce it. He arranged
for them to go to a little town in a
ious without
because of prominence
them been dive They
who said
of n
wy
could fix it
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Red Lodge, Mopt—A great congress
of savants will gather here in the sum-
mer of 1932 to Inspect the scene where
“EGG” MAYOR OUSTED
This is Mat Wagner, whose recent
election as mayor of Winona, Minn,
was annulled when he was convicted
of violating the state corrupt practice
act by distributing eggs for one cent a
dozen when the retail price was 18
cents,
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ages ago a dinosaur laid its eggs.
The eggs, or fragments of them, dis-
covered last year by the Princeton
university paleontologic expedition,
have been heralded as one of the most
important finds on the North American
continent.
The first and only dinosaur eggs
found previously were uncovered by
the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition
into the Gobi desert of northwestern
China.
World scientists will be invited to
attend the International congress of
geologists, paleoatologists and mineral-
ogists,
Already plans are being made and
an extensive guide to the richly laden
leartooth region near here is being
prepared. Dr. Frances A. Thomson,
president of the Montana School of
Mines, has placed the facilities of his
institution In co-operation with Prince.
ton university In gathering data for
the guide book.
Additional data on the region will
be gashered this summer during the
Princeton university summer school
under the direction of Dr, W. T. Thom.
Aside from geological studies the ex-
pedition expects to contribute to the
knowledge of the dim beginnings of
primitive man.
To Dr. J. C. GQ. Siegfriedt, whose
hobby is the study of fossilized bones
of prehistoric animals, goes the credit
for attracting attention to the Bear.
tooth district.
Doctor Siegfriedt’s discoveries star
tled the scientific world some years
ago and subsequéent development of
the region has led scientists to the
ASPIRE TO BIG
“THINGS, MY BoY!
WHEN | WAS YOUNG
ion that it is a veritable paleon-
yground,
ide from strata ric laden
bones, Its geologic pecull-
thought to be unique in
their similarity to classic Transvaal,
its
fossil
aritics are
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Mrs. Lawrence A. Harper of Oak-
land, Calif, runner-up to Miss Betty
Nuthall of England in the national
championship last August and the top-
ranking woman tennis player of the
country, has sailed for England to
compete at Wimbledon, Mrs, Harper
was accompanied by her husband,
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MRS. WINNIE
JANE CROOKS
LIVED UNDER FOUR
FLAGS IN ONE STATE =~
LIVING IN TEXAS, SHE WAS
UNDER THE LONE STAR STAE ,
UNITED STATES AND
CONFEDERATE FLAGS AND
AGAIN UNDER TRAE UNITED
STATES FLAG.
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TRAVELED 2000 MILES ROUEN TO LOURDES
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Have Beginning in Home
Much light Is shed upon the charac-
ter and extent of loss of life through
fire In a bulletin—"Fire # Men
to Human Life" - the
department of the
nee
issued by
Available information
property losses through
comprehensive, but the
of the nation
have been lef
The national fire
veys 1o ascertain the extent and
of the loss of hums
‘ome of the conclusi
striking. These sury
During the mont}
cember and January
million of populs
to 65.1, compared wit
to 37.1 for April, May
ing that heating
chimpeys and flues
starting fires with |
constitute a grave ha
Sixty-six per cent
tion
in
hotel
occurred
ment houses,
houses, show
precaution
places,
survey
begin a
Wild Flowers of Value
Only Where They Grow
8 ar destroys
To Be Community Highway
iieved be the first org
Virginia to take
he Nelghborhood Garden
of state highwa
and beautification
tion
next
general
for the
Year.
This action was tal i
a suggestion by J. P. Neal,
engineer of the Virgh
ire
7 as
1 stats
commission, made at a mass meelin
Working under the direction of the
landscape engineer, the club will un-
from nearby sources to the right-of.
uts and
ing in ©
tion. The club will also to
ards and
attempt
unsightly structures.
Oil Companies Quit Signs
More than six years ago the Dritish
Petroleum company realized that ad-
vertisements nd hoardings
spoiling the beauty of the country-
gide. They decided to remove all their
warside signs in rural Their
work was carried out at once, but this
Involved considerable cost, since many
gites for advertisements had been
taken on long leases, The same com
pany also resolved to make the gaso-
line pump less of an eyesore. All their
pumps were painted green and every
encouragement has been given to fill.
ing stations to make their premises
attractive Instead of hideous London
Tit-Bits.
Rear Spaces Charming 4
The day of the front porch and the
front garden has passed because of
unendurable street confusion, and
other recreational features must re-
place them, asserts Earl H. Reed, Jr,
of Chicago,
“If our homes are to be truly rec
reative,” says Mr. Reed, “we must defi-
nitely retire In the outdoor seasons
te the more secluded shelter of open
terrace, covered poreh, garden house
or lawn bench located In the long
neglected but charming side or rear
spaces in our grounds
were
districts,
Italy Sets Good Example
Every railroad station in ltaly soon
is to be a beauty spot. To this end a
competition has begun for submission
of plans for improvement of raliroad
property. Medals are to be awarded
for the most ingenious proposals,
“Clean-Up” Week ~
Special “weeks” and “days” for this
and that have multiplied to a rather
ludicrous extent, but “clean-up” is one
week that has an Important place in
the scheme of things, and RR shoul