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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-07-09, Page 3'.7 The u:e s Hall Dyurwer I 1 By Adam Broome • SSYNOPSIS for which the great British public signor Parelli of Milan, famous cote- was really hungering. poser, collapses andes while he is Queen's San, London. At the 'inquest It fist act of Pirelli's only opera, "The is disclosed that a rare poison, curare. caused the death, Inspector Haynes receives a call from Oxford stating that a supply of curare has been stolen. fn an upcountry bungalow in west Africa District Commissioner Westcott receives a package of strings for his cello --he opens the package and a few minutes tater collapses—dead. The theft of the curare is confessed by an Oxford student, Branksome, who hands ibelieves{ in' deadeningover to aDr. pain aofk esanimals used for vivisection. Lettice Manton, her mother. grand- mother and EIephen Garton, of the northetDsolving of the {crime conducting interested are ll his own symphony at the Harvey Cranworth had watched the ,r uaint Custom Still Prevails Fiarvers Provided for Judge;a Necklace of the Virgin," with mixen feelings. To him the music which accompanied the unfolding of the story was utterly without meaning, a jumble of confused and disturbing noises. Yes—disturbing was the right word—not irritating—the word he would usually have used in such circumstances. The opera was in Italian, but one had got so used to the film, from the days when it had been silent, that words had begun to have only a secondary sort of om- portance. And even in opera done in English one never by any chance heard more than a few of the words— and when one did they were usually so utterly banal and futile that one almost wished one hadn't. He hadn't paid a grew, deal of at- tention to the beginning of the show. A. chorus of what appeared to be fishermen and fisher girls had sung in the little market -place of a village by the sea. Then the baritone, a vil- lain obviously, no less from his voice than from the smart clothes that he wore, came in and sang a solo and recitative with the chorus standing round him. The fishermen and girls had at first seemed pleased with him, interspersing smiling comments in what Cranworth took to be harmony. Then the villain had begun a second solo. And this time the harmonious comments of the villagers had seemed to be in angry vein, and the violins and flutes had.poured out cascades of shrieky little notes and noises. The boring fishermen and fisher girls went on . wrangling and back - chatting to music, whilst the baritone, the tenor and a few of the minor principals shouted and bellowed their feelings and reactions to each other at the tops of their voices, to the accompaniment of crashing chords and trickling arpeggios from the "augmented orchestra." And then—of a sudden—the whole atmosphere seemed to undergo a change. The chorus and principals ceased their meaningless ravings and prancings, and from a cottage door- way on the right of the stage there stepped out one of the most beautiful women Harvey Cranworth ever re- membered having seen Paola Bian- chi's photograph, he at once decided, was but a mere caricature of the real thing. The raven -black hair piled countrywise, high above the small pale oval face, the slender white throat, the small; red -lipped mouth, the trim, neat figure in the simple brown fisher girl's costume, short enough to show the prettiest pair of ankles that Harvey Cranworth had ever seen apart from a statue—the whole effect was electrifying, over- whelming. And just as the huge audience was Ile handed the picture to Cran- worth. "Get an interview with Bian- chi herself—in her dressing room— during the show. Get her to give her views on the country—our gtr s— our fellows—some snappy stuff about her life, Then have a look at the show and do a write-up of the whole thing, interview and opera, all in one story, with pictures. Views on Par- elli, of course, and her ideas of how and why the crime was committed. . Why--man—there's all sorts of pos- sibilities, if its worked the right way." And so it was all decided, and Harvey Cranworth bowed to the in- evitable. When he'd had a careful look at the photograph of the singer a good many of his objections began to fade away. After all, the main thing was the interview in the dress- ing -room. It was Parelli and Bianchi that the public wanted to hear' about --not the opera. He didn't know any Italian. But Bianchi probably spoke English, or her manager or somebody would in- terpret. Or he himself knew French passably well, and she'd be certain to know that too. He knew quite enough to get her views on things in general—the country, Englishmen, our .girls—anti these were the things 'Dr'Latest ,Information Re=:. SOUTH , McKENZ IE. ISLAND, MINES LTD, adjoiningGold Eagle APPLY WELLINGTON . BOOTH • AND COMPANY TORONTO ONT: •,.wA.4016-7-S-s - Fast Selling Profitable Lines Household insect Spray or Powder Deodor Spray, Liquid incense, Grit - less Hand Soap, Paste or Powder, and many others. Liberal trial order and particular's, 411.00 prepaid EORROCIIS COMPANY Windsor, Ont. During Summer Months At Old . Bailey LONDON, Justice Charles, a ba^' °helm', referring to the fact that on the jury in a ease at the Old Bailey, were two women, said: "I. have only one bouquet, and .i think that one •of them should have it, 1 must not en- courage .gambling, of course, but 1 suppose they will have to toss for it." His Lordship, looking towards the woman jurors, smilingly added: "You must arrange it'between you." The younger jurywoman waived her eight to the bouquet. Flowers are provided for the judges from. May 1 to September 1, the cas- `om dating from the time time when cells and courts were so unsanitary, flowers were furnished as a protect- ion against the evil smell. Salt On Roads Keeps Having Mends Bad Spots. Scientists Explain V'hy It Assures 'Good Hard Surface ITFIACA, N.Y.—Common salt, us- ed in surfacing automobile roads of clay -Sand -gravel mixture converts its grains into countless robots who la- bor incessantly road repairs. The discovery of this surprising way in which the salt particles move up and down in the road to keep it moist, smooth, tough and dense was made public at Cornell University to- day during the celebration of. the semi -centennial of Sigma XI, Hon- orary Scientific Society. The salt particles convert a mass of clay, sand and gravel into a sur- face as hard as macadam. 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His heart beat quite violently as he went up in the tiny lift to the floor where the principal artistes at the Einpress Theatre had their dressing -rooms. It was odd that he should feel like this, His daily duty often took him amongst women as lovely, and he had duly reported their doings without a tremor. But there was something more than just ordinary beauty and loveliness about Poali Bianchi, something that he found it impossible to define. (To bo Continued) Coat -Frocks To Be Fall Favorites PARIS—Coat-frocks that wrap to one side are fall style highlights. They are featured by Worth, Lanvin, Mainbocher and others. Tailored types button ` nn the shoulder, and of geology. He undertook this study for the International Salt Co., after a few experimental salt -soil -stabil- ized roads had shown their worth in Michigan, Louisiana and Nova' Sco- tia.. Rock salt is mixed with the top three inches or more of road, with at least two pounds of salt to the square yard. The mixture is smoothed and sprinkled enough to dissolve the salt. It is rolled smooth and hard. As the surface dries it "sets" and stays hard. Rain runs off without erosion. Even during the long wet spells of winter, the Cornell experiments show that a salt road does not appreciably soften. When the road dries out the robot salted particles start their most spec- tacular road repair work, creeping up from the deeper parts of the road and forming a soluble cement to bind together the surface particles. This prevents the road from drying out rapidly and keeps down dust. These roads, Prof. Ries said, re- quire far less maintenance than old type gravel roads and are much less expensive to build than macadam. A • sprinkling of salt once a season has been found sufficient as a rule to keep the robot particle army suffi- ciently replenished. Dome Sweet Hone sometimes under the arixi. They tray be worn open on the chest in a one- tever. effect, showing a contrasting scarf or plastron. Worth and Main- boclier have soft dressmaker versions of the wrapped coat dress for after- noon wear. The asymmetrical closing is accented by a contrasting colored fold, matching a trim at neckline or waist. Often the coat is cut and liar - ed to give the suggestion of a tunic drapery, It is lever buttoned, but is held together by a tie sash or decor- ative bolt. SOMERVILLE, N.J.—Be it ever so palatial, there's no place like home to Mrs. -James H. R. Cromwell, the former Doris Duke, who inherited the vast tobacco fortune of her fath- er, the late James B. Duke, and carne to be know as the world's richest girl. She may roan the earth, as she did after her marriage, tasting the fruits of wealth in foreign lands, but she always comes back to Somer- ville. - Here she enjoys a 30 -room house on a 2,300 -acre estate with its 42 miles of improved roads, its wood- land glens and a multitude of bass and trout, fearless of capture, frisk in the eight lakes and the winding streams. Mrs. Cromwell was born on the estate, lived here most of her life, and has spent many week -ends here since her marriage and honeymoon. She has. 11 servants, who ocupy the third floor quarters. The big rustic Acme 'stable is now the garage—it looks like an automobile show room, milts floor is covered with matting. Improvements of recent years in - elude a swimming poo], 60 by 120 feet with underwater lighting effects; an indoor tennis court and a loung- ing room where movies aro shown. Two motorcycle policemen patrol the roads of the estate. Guards are always on duty at the entrances, and the grounds are strictly private. Choice of Shoes Vital to babies andelion Uses Cover Wide Range MONTREAL. -- The virtues of the dandelion are extolled by an editor in The Gazette. He is silent on the subject of the good green grass which the dandelion kills out and on the ugly scene after the weed has done its 'work of reproducing itself in every place where it can gain fothold, 200 flowers in one! Yet, credit where credit is due, - and to quote the editor: "Our forefathers had a much higher opinion of the dandelion in a general way than we have, though we may know more about the intri- cate working of its arrangements than they did. By them the dande- lion was used as a medicine, a ve- getable, and a salad, and greatly es- teemed for all, but especially for the first -named. "Dandelion tea was once consid- ered a panacea for ills, such as fevers and liver troubles, and as a general tonic found many to recom- mend it. Dandelion leaves, used as 'greens,' have never 'quite gone out of favor. Country people still cook and eat them in the Springtime, when other vegetables are scarce. Dandelion beer is a rnstie, ferment- ed drink familiar to many. "The thick tap -root of the dande- lion when ground has often done duty for 'coffee' making, and if washed whole and then ground it is said to be almost indistinguish- able from the genuine article. In fact, so many are the uses of the dandelion that the story is told that once, when Minorca was suffering from famine through the depreda- tions of locusts the inhabitants were able to eke out an existence for a time by the aid of the dandelion plants that abounded on the island." Child's First Walking Foot- wear Must Be Care- fully Chosen Baby's first shoe is important only as a souvenir, but his first walking shoe is a momentous matter that may have far-reaching, harmful re- sults if it is not properly selected. Children's shoes have reached a stage of development now where there is little excuse for any child reaching school age without naturally perfect feet. Only one of 26 bones in the foot structure is properly developed at birth. The rest do not develop com- pletely until the age of 20. This is the reason proper care in babyhood shoes for your child. Par better to portance for foot health in later and childhod is of the utmost im- years. It never pays to buy too cheap skimp on the material of his clothes than upon the shape, style, quality and fitting of good shoes. Many of the foot defects suffered by children of school age could have been avoided by proper care in their babyhood. The very soft shoes that are ideal for the small baby just learning to stand are not correct for the walk- ing stage. A firmer shoe is required for this period, with a sole suficient- ly heavy to protect the foot yet so very flexible that the undeveloped muscles can bend it. Issue No. 27 — '36 'Billboard Taxes Oust Sky -Writers PARIS -- Sky. -writers do no sky- writing over Paris. Under city laws it costs 00 francs inolitli per square yard to plaster posters on billboards, walls or fences. Through a strange quirk in the old laws that rate also applies to sky -writing. By flying at the legal height, a good aviator could cram the words "O.l{. Paris" into about 350,000 square yards. Since the minimum payment on a pester is a month, those seven letters would cost about 3x,500,000 francs, or roughly X3,205,000•. Canada Has Room For Men and Women Willing to Work GUELPH, Ont. — Declaring he did not favor populating Canada by wholesale immigration, Hon. Duncan Marshall, Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, told 65 women from 16 countries, at a dinner here recently that this country was built by men and women willing to toil. "There are thousands of acres of land for men and women who are read, for work," Mr. Marshall said, addressing members of the Associa- tion of Country Women of the World, who paid a short visit to the Ontario Agricultural College. fd+rr r 9yws, YOUR SAFEST INVESTMENT IS IN YOURSELF ! Specialised training will enable you to overcome INFERIORITY COMPLEX, to develop MENTAL POWER, and to equip yourself for better things in life. Write for particulars of our special course in mental training. 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