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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-07-10, Page 24• • Lgndou, Eng.—Within X: -' mo th .there will?be no niot a rail's ay station in England, • The ;heads of the leading four ..railway services, are trying find a new name for. the present 4e !dots Slone• have suggested "travel,' Sitars "transport ,stations' Nothing defnite has been decides upon as y,$.t,' Thjs change is clue te-the .fact that the "Big Four" have decided to ra tionalize .their -services and -to cut out. unnecessaryi wastage end•'cotupetition. Witt)in less thana year the`s`e; railway. companies wit' eontroi all•, the . read 4eoityices; - Already they. control 85 per cent gf.'the motor tieatipart .acrd 75 pe cent. of the evasta1 slrippiilg.. a e Dffbl•te are ,,n:w bele nnatte;,to draw"-- •- s the Imperial Air Service lite this•huge to. a traveller will , be able to purchase a -.ticket which wiltale.Ii nto tics des- " ti;nattonpby rail, motorbus, . o► etei+o- • plane from "anywhere" to "anywhere" is the United Kingdom, ' Where road ^or air transport is .quicker than raft,. t•ravei.ers • will 'transfer' to motor toadies qr-aereplanes,.arid vice versa; One of the r ,sultseof.•this rational!-. • zatioti"will be that. this tountry will i ve the hest transport service hi the „wrorld; and thewpi esent airway d» .ots; will be "used as:;ttayel`•'centres,'tor all pehhe transports. ti•atisport scheme. 'When tilis, lh dena; , Atlantic is Spanned Many •T� By Planes. .• Captain: Charles E..• Kingsford Snaith and his companions, flying'non stop acrossthe North Atlantic from Ireland • to , Harbor Grace, lY.F, ac-, 'complished a feat •tha:t had been ,per. formed only once before anal attempts ' at which shad taken a••toll `oeeight •• More than a edore of planes had, pre- 'ceded re'ceded • Kingsford -Smith in Atlantic Rights,' however; sante of .then having., crossed in the opposite :direction Over. approximrately the route chosen'.. by '!rim,' and others farther to• the north Or tie the' south • Among the latter 'w,ere.severaf'iiieportaiit Sights aarosii. •the South Atlantic. •• •SOceeseful trans-AtIefitic •flights iu heavier-than-air. craft have inchided the following , 18'19, iViay front TrPass y to 'Lisbon hoo w` h3. -NC -4, flying _boat crossed stop°at Azores; Tune 14—Aleoek :and' Brown made fire( non .top 'fright, flying.:4roRt.I'.e.w- fo,1 " tdldnd. to Ireland.4;.- . 1922 , •6. ty • • April .18 -First South Atlantic cross- ing,'by galtrai and Couthino; from Lisbon rto Rio de Janeiro. , >est'lran' contest:;. wExckides c ;nen Bernard Shaw. Found' to; Possess Best—Sir Oliver Lodge Second ,London.. -George Bernard Shaw, ac- cording to readers ot'.d~he Spectator, the .well-known weeklyreview, pos- sesses; the best blains of any'Mat In the couutr ^. ' The - Spectator is a jour nal circulating . , among the More thoughful class of peopte wheSe.opin-• tons in:reglard to mental ability are worth considering.,, ' The result pi a recet>,t.vote is. ;inter esting in many. ways. '.Here are the leading men in' their"order of merit": Bernard Shaw, 214; Sir-Ohver l od'ge:` 183; Lord Birkenhead, 162; Winston W'e11s, 86; Lord . Melchett, 62;' Lloyd George, 5o; ' i?hilip •Stiowden, 48; -Sir: John Simon, .45. , The present Prime Minister edoes` not repel -ire .a vote and Mr. Baldwin gets but' 13. The Archbishop of Can- terbury .•Dr. Lang, finds no place but the Archbishop of .York (br. Temple), with 32 votes., follows closely'',uppti. the heels of Lord.•Reading,weho btain-• o. 35. Sir James Barrie .i5 "placed" by 15 voters and follteers G. K.'Ch'ester- ton's 17, i\To woman Was incltided on the list. • Aug-nit—Army flyers• crossed Iron Library p i. Euro pe to Lab ibrar Has P o rado;r:' Via Greenland in • J s Sound.. L flight art�nud world Proof 11::usic .' ,t►2 Room February: 8 to June 16—delonet• the • MMZ:arehesi de Pinedo• '•Made.,a. round Many unusual services are offered trip, Europe' to South' America and United. States via'. Azores to,E• urope May 20, 21—Colonel: Lindbergh flew, from. New York to Paris: June 4,'• 4—Clarence D. Chamberlin flew to Germany with Charles A Levine. , ' • June 2 9 ' 30 --Rear � , Admiral Byrd. 'made his crossing to France. - • August 28 -Brock and Schlee flew. from: Newfoundland to London during Newfoundland -Tokio flight. October 10 ,to : 20—Costes ' and Le brio flew from, Paris to Buenos Ayres and continued to tire. United States. 1928 ' April 12, 13—First non-ijtop , west- !ard flight, the Bremen 'flew' from Ire- land' to Greenly Island. June 17—Miss Amelia Earhart creas- ed to England in the Frlenidship. Ju& 3, 4= r First ripe -stop ,flight from +• Europe ,to South 'America, Ferrarin and Del rl'ete; . • ' • 1929 March 24, 25,• 26—The • Jesus Gran Poder flew'tion-stop from Spain . to Brazil. ^ '' • 'June 13 -Yellow Bird flew •from, Old' • Orchard Beach to. Comities, Spain, July, 8, 9--Wili'ams and Yancey flew from Maine to Alain. • ' 1930 r June 2:3, .24,0 25—Captain 'Kingsford - Smith and companions flew from ire- Iand to arbor Grace.N.F.1 French Births' Exceeds , Deaths' During Quarter Pails -en -le first th'•re;e months of this year have shown that France again' hasn1Pr•e'births than death's, f The mrrfality.reprir.t made public ere lists: 10,797 ' 'More births than et de•tths, In the first three ibonths,of t la -e year deaths exceeded births h-' , s. 7.Oon, The improted shoving, weeattribut- edto a lower death rate, the reduc- t do r 'tieingnearly one•third 'while n births re:rained, the same. For the a ,ensue year of 192+f,there .were 12M00 'rrr more deiths than .birt!tp,' 1 g 'by public'•. libraries,. Vitt, one of the most' interesting "recently noticed., i that performed by a breech libraryof New'; York. It contains..a sound , proof room..egtttpped' with a fine -pbono graph where people ,may; go, • by'ap- pointment to. hear' • their favorite music. Fifteen, hundred records..are on file, Most of them symphonies operatic numbers and other. standard works: If the cry raised by •educationalists that taste , in'. 'music is ' berg• lament-. ..loweredably .loered by the influence of 'the: radio iscttie he believed,' a project ,such as this would appear enlikely to pros- per:. ,But the contrary is true. .The,, music room is patronized every 'Min- ute' of the nice hours a ',day it isn+l open. Several 'hared people apply every'•morith and 'appointments ..are made weeks - in advance. Besides 'Music rovers. •w -ho' go to hear their favorite piec:es,• musicians, concert soloists and. members ..of orchestras come to study different works as, they are ".interpreted.'by various -artists. Trustees of puhl.ie,libraries or pliil- anthropic; citizens might' welt con- template following% the example of this' enter•prirsing. New York 'library. A "library" of recorded music and the Opportunity to; "read" . it ,may- have eulturatll benefits approaching those afforded bt• collections of the printed word.; • • • • It ,was a thr ng spectacle for yachtsmen; when his majesty's;yacht, Britanniia •( (right) g to tat ed Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for• the America Cup, Shamrock, V; . on. the ,'Solent, recently. ritan Accepts ual . It Statu Lloyd George Says Y , ra Doiniriions Won Independence in • 'Great War .. London=7'he determining factor in the Greyat War was.' the British 'E'm= pire,• said 1VIr. Lloyd. George recently in an address" to_members f the ..Bite periah Press Conference.. ''It, was a very near' thing '•its it was; much nearer than. I , care. to =think. when''I ,reefiect upon it, •he added: The effect of the ewer gppii'tlie con- stitution• of the, Empire had been re, .volutienary, • and .the quality` and, in- dependence of .tiie young nations • of the Empire were '.to►v accoiitplished. facts, a.ccefyted'unreservedly by Great Britain, and • acknowledged by, the, world. But the .problem of the future still remained. . s ,"The next step after equality. is e f- ' fective unity. Make unity as effec- - tire .as•,you•made equality, if yen don't the Empire wiil'not remain,", advised tine speaker. ' Germany ,Limits- Muskrats Menace to. Public Works.1 Fierlin—The • C'ommissioner':of For.,' ests,•, Ludwig .Scrhust•er, has• put his! cot down on whole,sale muskrat !heading on the ground that the rode' ata 'would undermine . railroad and! ever' embankments acid impair the, afety of clams. waterworks and road -1 ways, Commissioner Srhnster• Pointed out! hat '50,0'00 muskrats were killed an' aptly ih'rmany to arrest the date -1 go. :they rause. To raise them cem-; ercially, •he sari. 'wriuid .le,.tn. invite I rest trouble, ` I U.tS. Slayer Faces Electric Chair Or Inoculation With Disease • R-100: to Start 'Late in . Jul • y . London,—The Air Minister, Lord Thompson, -.•t • oad tlie 'imperial Press Conference recently that the airship.' • R-100 would. leave for lifontt-oat on its maiden trans-Atlantic jonrtiey'.during the last few days of July.. Lord;Thotnpson added that he would' be making a journey in the Other new British dirigible, R-101, to 'India,' In, September : Flier To. Carry ' - , • Own Automobile New York, --Capt. R. D. Archibald; British filer, plans to carry an ailtomo- bile. en his flights hereafter, mainly for` picnics when he lands. somewhere: • lie has come from England with the car, a tiny thing, weighing half a tong and. three feetel igh: A plana he is ;having built has parking' si►aee. • X (inered•ulotisly): 'Did you say he Was a prosperous fainter?" Y: "Yes, he sold, his acres to the• golf cdug!" • �Siu ple,Rites. Mark QpoLaing of Worlsl's•Qidest Parliaane>at•--) • • 1 • Thottsatid l Attend Ceremony . 1 hdlg �t litre ice . Citrlst;ip'ti, King Of t1 ulthu river that • cascades itself ietahtuti, - circled. the 10•30 session of the through Alittt.ttn:tgjt elft. They. 'plod- toblaudic ' sA1thing June 2 at the, eery' ded along the winding road oyor the p.ot where 1:000 years ago this Oldest ' satire .;route :taken by the first teem. tierlia.meul: in the' world hist wits cap; litters of the ancient Icelandic, Repub.... vetted He huge ,great Rock of Laws In the 1'`U1,, Clit•ist:Ian stout)' a tilted. huge :centet•'of the historic' plain- • There ' rock lit the Middle- ol. the ,plain of they Krouped••thontsolves ie the' man Tlrittgvitlla Where grim Gottt.beard, the •tier• of the aitcient•Vikings under -the . • •lawgiver•,: in .}uctont d't,ye, reeked front brim►ctre of their 1•espective'.ioealitiesee . ;twittery the" e,tit.li . c•oth .of' leeiandle: 'Tho 1c<>L �dic 1 IIi' nreut,;,'�or•,: Ay. ' i. - - - I , • � { .,. , , 111rn, is liaw held Iii," teylj�tvilc b.ut,' � 'rhe re•retuo:tr , were Sinrii;•t„lira of`N e,rineri'y.it wars held. at I'ittitgVcillii• 01 old, ata •si•mple ars to obtain art eluno •t 1 the 1"1 tic Of AssLmb'ly, religroua.aspeet.,' • Tao Al.litt g , Is •reckoned ;to have.. • . ,'The b:i'oad plata was ..tlettedwith been e t tb.iisht iti 930, •Aunitetsak _..l many tl)au nne1 of persou•,• Who !tali' tette of law .for the lcelaudic ltepuhl.ic tunny front fair corner, of the eattht.• ,than then accepted 'At tit$ time .the �%.b chotsds•be,ait arti•yittl; •fium•1teyk notLlitrn peopl'ee did•not• Ivritc Clown •jnvi,t • 35 miles' 'aw "iy • over twisting theeir laws, .lint tneinierized them,. and mountain roads, early in the utorning'- had them rehearsed inrpublic, at their Front .a ..pulpit hung high: on the side."things” 'or ;'asseuibiles, ' The, exact of, a cliff like 'ail eagle's nest, Bishop w arding 41f the first -code of laws of Jon' Helgasoti conducted divine, ser- the •itelandic Republic Is not known; vice after thich'the Icelanders formed ,For it was net until .1117 that Icelandic into a long pro:cession and.crosse1 a laws Kogan to be.recorded'in writing., chuekling and: then., told me fr•igt(liy , that lie had Made a mistake—he had curse thought me -a gen tlein•a•1a.:,___: Lh:ilfese • of ale plassesregard.•hotue and ,family ties; as sacred: Anything • that d aparages• a.methe►' or•father by marriage is. sacrilege. Much the Same,' • _ • applies, to I:ndien s. ..When art Italian 'cal u h la ,you is •father and his' mgtltex: lie is 'baying "you t4e.: highest cotnpli= . Ment.. Yet he iv•Ineertably guiltyj,f` . me unconscious •. joke, ' whenever he wishes t'o•be unusually polite. A stock ,i: phrase for •such occasion.; is: "Sahib,, you, are my father.ltut My mother•,',and, ' • Scotsman and Jew - World• M�-1aker s , Aiaerican Wit is Smooth -- German Ponderous Smooth—German,Ponderous and Old,Swis . _ri .�6�3�11. s Tow Be World Bank Scat B. R. ORKH.ARD • ;,• • Basle has been chosen as the seat w of the Bank for Internacional Settle- w A B w a Chinese Polite "A Scot ' opened his`° tlui•ee . and a moth flew out!" , • That is a classic one -line laugh that li as ticiel•ed the ribs of the world. First ubltshedlin an English 'newspaper, it as speeding out of• titin •country by. ire, wireless, and II ca?bl'e.to'.Etirbpe,' I'ani the son of a pigt',• ltptievt:i• 'tri ;r . s e.' k riluni• .f m'e •beforea , uuu IlS ca ' . au .•ly• dtt F.. e as 1 t a m st R • '!tarn had begun. to smile. Within a ' Even.:betore 'Pr'ohibtt►o.ir have •a,glut r eek it :had. appeared' in tweuty'''dif ;of.driiiking jokes to t)te'worid, the, sub• • erent languages in' every corner ' ,of sect of alcohol •was a naiversal stale: ee eart-A.- Z 4 -it -e, b1aclZ, ii-0—v•ti; red,' : tetter, - :Spilii-Wee'lauglriiigtlie oilier'-;; rid yellow faepe•had evened 'from•the day, at' the stony of a ural whose ocui- ,. centre becense of it, Icom) •''sed the ist ,liad'told him that his, Weak eight 1 r pei.•fect-Esperanto laugh—a joke the waw. due to .foo much replied; • "Ot the whole world undet•stati'ds; `. contrary, the ,man.. replies; "when I. •. _d rfrnk- I -see -d 11111: °•", . And `:'tire` ad'ven- " The r`ea,Sonswei•e its brevity and its simple language. • It' cor tamed• no don- tures of the' Heavy father aril tlarid ble meanings or play upon words, A.. sotto' :raise a smile in` every 'land Scot isa Scot,' a purse is a purse, and where a pian. and a maid. Make love. a moth a moth; 'in any lauguage. The 1 pick ilV. hate front xtome:— ]olce is as•good in Sauslait or Bantu She: 'i4'Itat!! ]ou'come to ask my , . stents as a .town favbrably situated in • the heart of the Etircpeen Cont.inent•, equally exposed to :Centi•al,Iand West- ern European. civilization andunifier •the • prietention_ gf wisseenentealitYe . Even. before' Basle became a .member of tyre Swiss "Bund" aboret• 500 years ago;, the town Was the. !tanker ,Orthe Swiss •Cbnfed,eratioit. Basle is an—in de•pentient• =State in the Swiss • Confederation 'and ltas a government and 'a Constitution .o.f, its own. • The' coniparisoti• with' ,other • towns :of similar 'size is; -'therefore not quite an, adequate •comparison: According . to 4.he census.; of 1920, 73 per cent. of the residents were Swiss citizens,. and of the total of 27 per .cent, of- foreigners, 20 per cent:.•were Germans•,•3 'per cent. French and not quite 2' per; cent..itall+ans: Basle .1tas.ateVer had, a' pronounced international' character like other Swiss tow n4,:especially Geneva, since the League, •of Nations•- Though pro- • gres.sive in `a, general way, the • prog- ress' in, :Compared With towns of the United • States, slow, and we .'find its social ...life still rich, lin deep-rooted traditions. The Basle as pictured in the 'Revue des Deux ,iliondes in 1863 is. 011 ' largely the Basle of to -day. "The 'cleanliitess•, which one remarks seems to be"the result. •of old habits; it has. passed into the character' of the •people. Solely occitpieii with their affairs where they.•manifest a 'persist- ent and calculated patience, they do not let business transgress' the hot= dersot their homes. • No doubt the establishment of the • Bank for • International Settlements Will 'mean many changes for this old town' on, the' Rhine. . as in English hand armed will( a rine?" 'He: "M•.ell., you see, someone told Not all-jo.kes that appeal tq. English -"ire our father' ,., y was an old bear . , The "dear old 'lady" yarn is know u iii evert- cquatry eicept ;in the East:: `where''age. is venerated), This is' from . ,Belglern, A young man has talten• his I. r a' to elderly ant Y .the thea theatre. e. H e Celts her that : the next .act takes: place . a year later. r, speaking people • make foreigners 1 smile.' You have•heard tltat'yerii, tie. • loop, of the :Euglishmart, the Scot, and the Jew who went into a public- . house;' the Englishman stood a retied Of drinks, Che•Scot stood six lost two, •and. the• Jew stood in silent English: Girl Typists Fail London—Five out .of every slit girl failed at the, latest .examinations for typists 'held by the civil service com- mission. AIL aspirants were between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eighte and only. 150 out of.'92t) passer! , the test. Alen That. is the sort of joke that is only funny iu English. . Try to translate it 'into, say,: French'or German, and you are lost. • The core of the joke is the triple meaning ol'the very "to stand." There•'ls• no equivalent word .in any other language. .The alleged meanness of'•the Scot and the Jew's shrewd bargaining are subjects of world-wide appeal. That is 'because Jews and Scats ate more widely distributed over the earth's sur- face than are , ,any other nationals. Mothers-in-law, too, are .good for a laugh in most couutries. A Portuguese paper published :the following recent- ly: Judge—"You are accused of killing your mother-in-law."— Accused"I d}'d "t out of pity,.sir." Judge—"Out of ft • -"" Accused --Yes, sir, out of .pity ,for yselfl" That might, as easily have been used in 'an English., American, or German :w journal. But here's • a arni•ng,•, I• .onto told a mother -in -la* story to a Chinese. it all'tint lost me his friend- Ship. • Iie listened gravely to my 9 • will still. be valid?" , The Germans and the Swiss never faille "fell for" a joke.against doctors: A S.*iss told me this quite recently. A doctor was showing a.'womau a, fine tiger skirt, ' "Yes," he said; "one qf• my friends a 'Wounded it, -but it was I who pedalled it off.Ord" •L "Now,andyow,"'Ai:e you sure our tickets doctor," cooed the wo- .man, "you'll never make me.;pelieve• thet-this tiger • was one of your pa; : .bents!" • ' And this floated through the ether ' the .other night from a 'Germau,wire- less station:—' • • • •Doctor (after examining a patient): "iron are 'suffering from ' alcoholic abuse end a' weak heart." Patient: "You'd better give,me some- thing for the heart!'! - ' American humour' includes skits on domestic differences that would'ofi:end many people, Titus, a promluent jour nal had a sketch recently of • a young . wife with a revolver• in her hand and a little, girl loohing up. at' her. The niother is saying:: "Run and get the 'Movie' camera; dear; matenta's 'going • to shoot at .papa again!'!" And ate otter-eof a husband retin'uiug home • at,Cliristntas-l.inte to find his wife enc• bracing another man—bore the cap, tion: "By jove, 1 ?ergot the mistletoe!", Just •as American humour is slick, Ger1nan Ponderous, andChinese polite, 90 •the matin characteristic or -the' - French.- has always been an aptitude for the quick ,retort, .Prince Talley. rand, the famous diplomat, limped •� badly, and one day on entering a room r he was. stet' by a woman Veldt a had . sgdin.t. "Monsieur de Taileyrand," she ex. ' eleihi,ed; 'quite you walk!' • In a, flash came the answer: -- ' "as.you see, madam, all cock -eyed -I'• Whether your farce is white,' black,' Or yellow, a Laugh makes brothers of . is air... . . '•,.'..a,•; .,,tdMee -V , , 'Dalt San 'The trrar-lirrma, get m !auk lir. .1 sen: a .h1rl tie t'r•,;r . ft•r•antly of death in the', ,r•eitre4 stnr,ng the 'Indian., Four. .else Hr.; ciair of 6f redep,ptien in th'e' year., ago, 'Dr. ifiedyet Nogrtielii,'noted r sole( o of hnmatiity; I . f -•da pa nose; iientist, dirl considerablel 4•,. rtenr�•tl to rl'-,'fir fur the murder, r«•,•earr•h• work hc't•t amongotha. eine, of ., r•rtanrry man, ttte_r'ltine.•rrr was 'ethane, lie believed that he had !o ghee the alrer•netive r,f eetenitting to 'heed the germ, but he 'lull in 192S, a in'I •nt,ttiun u1;h trarhorna germs that `vi'•tinl of hi.1 own research; ,te.i..-11.; may 1••ar,,,m•n•r alrr,rrt the dii•, � Nr1 opportunity,, iii i ver, ever lei. ea -e • that 1-• the =roar of It'lianh'•r'n gtantsi for experini,•rrtatinn of , '• tribe.:,•, , inulatir,ti moon human t einee: tartly it Tlirn to'il'fr'r Woo lit, irnp]ilo;rr• tt-Irink' vn.v., and other arti;trili litv:• h"•en *tentrte',,(`inetead cif th'i 'i•ii:,ir Op thio conn iinteeilaterl• flitin'.n sca.4 pre•;entr:d by, 1)r.' folk . ,1lerlir•a1 althea tee; 4,en :milt; ea"' Riche rile, t'retrd Statws• iesearrh pityvonr•arilr'rl that an rr<r,etirneet rrpnn a • Aldan; at the Alineeterqu'e (imine I htrteeia brine I. i:r•'r•r1rtrl r•, eeeiplete re Settee!. °ht f.Ichartl a, promised, Alvin ....eerie White, the ,':aayer's• attorney, that If the ('•tl.re•;n'a ill net '441 •e f t11rf 'every' effort wend(! be Made trt have: i,l;trt r,f ilr. 1t.014ir,1e: he'neee rti," neer the, death sentence. c'har'ger!' ,1•t he ni ,n, e• 1 r tee etr•r•trfr ,nue- ,1 " Would grant the use iiffihe ('tlin.'w• frac 'i"ir• • 1V't(irl. le e• Wee !lee. m'ad'e a - , ThrrnSenriv of ton's 'cif eo:ierefe alit' ')urerl, siva,'fa•:11 .4 experimental nr uses. r np i p' p rt,i'<t rt rtto.,i wilt he held !rt 10'`.11' Wyrnaje'garnct.. , 1 1 igantic Olympic Prepahations t - W .;, Angeles cotisount, v1iore •' K• most of track 9i14` fluid • An ' Old "Sky -Hawk" • 'Cheyenne, Wyo.—Arriving, here re• • eentiy from. Omaha, t' eh., Janes' • 'flack) I(night, veteran pilot of Boe- ing Air Transport, Inc, •completed his 8000tlf.liottr of flying, representing an nit' mileage Of approximately 40,000 miles.,= Ifo lilts 'lever had a major, mishap .(hiring his ilyint career, A WATCHER A poor pian watched a thousand Year's before the gates of Paradise., Their while'h,n scratched oite little nap it Opened 'anti shirt. --Persian. Tli>e only way a population can keep Stung is to. have a birth rata above the death rate. ---W,' S.• Thetep• sou,. Sctripps Foundation. ' •